A standard GUI app would require the (dozens of) warehouse operators to use the "stylus" heavily. Today they use it only to start the PUTTY app (that opens a saved SSH session) and yet they manage to often damage the screen (!). Also, with a console app that runs via SSH we can easily run it from desktop PC (no need to recompile, just open the SSH). Some processes do not require high mobility and a PC + barcode scanner is way cheaper than MC-3090 handhelds.
We run it in 40x17 mode in the 3-inch small screens. The operators usually type 2-digit numbers in the menu to access the features. They call them "screens", like "run screen 52 for branch 17". After that they usually walk/drive around the warehouse, read barcodes and move boxes. Here's a screenshot: 2011/8/11 Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <felipemonteiro.carva...@gmail.com> > I find the choice of going for a console app quite curious. Wouldn't > it be easier to write a standard GUI app using the LCL? > > -- > Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho > > -- Atenciosamente, Alexsander da Rosa http://rednaxel.com
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