Bigger solution than needed
 

My boss at work recently became a certified internet consultant, for every newe client he has to fill out a questionare that has 75 questions, some are open answer, some are multiple choice and some are the select all that aplpy type.

Since his company (where I work) does software development he thought it would be a good idea to go with the trend and make the questionare into an ASP.NET application with the questions and answers in both english and spanish, stored in a database, so here comes Access into the picture, the only problem is that now he wants to share the application with other IC's like himself, the problem now is that it is a very long procedure to install this simple questionare.

These are the requirements:
• Windows XP professional
• Internet Information Services 5.1 (IIS)
• Framework v2.0.50215
• Internet Explorer
• Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768

Wouldn't it have been simple to do an application that does not even require an install?, something created in Basic or even Python would have been better than these requirements and a 6 page installation manual.

I just can't stop laughing :D , it seems that the solution is bigger than what was needed.

that's idd a bigger solution than needed ;)

but... they don't have to be the requirements.. firstly, use php. You download XAMPP, a distro of all things you need to have a nice server including a webserver with php, mysql, email, ftp, lots of plug-ins for apache.. you won't need all those framework things and you don't need windows xp, you can also use linux.
About the screenresolution? what does it matter whether you have 800x600 or 1024x768 :confused:, and you can also use firefox instead of internet explorer.

A python program is idd handier to use, but a server is handier, since you can save all your information on it :)

php and mysql... sounds like the winning solution.

Because the background image in the page no longer displays properly at different resolutions.

For some reason it does not run/display properly in Firefox since it was built with non standard compliant code. Visual Studio .Net, I think.

Indeed, your arguments are the same as mine, specially since this application is designed to be used offline, but built with an online platform in mind. Silly isn't it.

There's various survey-creating software around already, some of which is open source, most of which is offered as a paid service by a number of websites.

In all honesty, this would take an day to construct in Rails, and perhaps two to do the same in PHP.

Actually that is how this whole thing got started, someone sugested phpsurveyor available through source forge, but since my boss doesn't like to use OpenSource software he decided upon building his own.
Actually this project took about 90 work hours, over a period of about four weeks. I just can't stop laughing.

no kidding. I could do it in 4 hours or less

What's not to like, they're free and they get the job done.

I agree with IR's suggestion. create a website in php and mysql then make it local to the company lan or accessible through a login.