5/14/99
about computer sign up systems for electron microscopes. Are there any new
programs out there? We are working on a web-based instrument sign up
program to replace our existing sign up/microscope accounting system. The
old system is not Y2K friendly. Besides the Universty of Minnesota, is
there any other group which has a working web-based system?
John C. Wheatley
Lab Manager
Arizona State University
Center for Solid State Science
PSA-213
BOX 871704
Tempe, AZ 85287-1704
Phone: (602) 965-3831
FAX: (602) 965-9004
John.Wheatley@ASU.Edu
http://bulldog.tzo.org/webcal/webcal.html
When I find some time I'm planning to try setting this up for our microprobe
lab.
Glenn Poirier
Microprobe Lab
Earth and Planetary Sciences
McGill University
glennp@eps.mcgill.ca
intranet runs on Microsoft BackOffice 2.5 and includes Exchange Server 4.0.
I have setup mailboxes for our HRTEM and Ion Mill and hope to make use of
the group scheduling and calendaring (is that a word?) functions of
Exchange to achieve the same end. Client side software will be Exchange
client / Outlook 97. Users can book by sending appointment requests to the
mailboxes which can be set to automatically accept / suggest free time
slots. I know this has access restricted only to our intranet unlike web
based programs, but then at present we do not have scientists outside the
organization directly booking resources. At present I am trying to get over
the problem of compatibility: exchange client users do not have access to
the outlook calendar and outlook users have chosen not to use schedule 97
as default calendar. If there are others using this method, I would like to
hear from them as well as about web based programs.
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R Divakar
PMS, IGCAR, Kalpakkam 603102, India
divakar@igcar.ernet.in
http://www.ceof.ohio-state.edu
You can test the reservation system by logging in as user=guest,
password=guest. You can make reservations on the "dummy" machine. During
the couse of writing the software, we discovered that not all web browsers
are created equal. There seem to be some major differences in the level of
Java support. Anyway, on a Mac you need IE 4.0 or higher, on a PC you need
IE 4.0 or Navigator 4.0 or higher Mac Navigator doesn't work yet.)
Our system is running on a WinNT PC using Microsoft Access as a database
backend. The front end was done with MS InterDev 6.0 and Borland JBuilder 2.0.
Hendrik O. Colijn
colijn.1@osu.edu
think many others would also be interested what other labs are doing in
this area. I would be interested in learning of any software which is
freely available or low cost and open source.
We are in the very early stages of modifying an open source (Perl)
web-calender and scheduling system to suite our needs. The reference url
is:
http://curiosityshoppe.tierranet.com/framecal/index.shtml
I found this and a few others by searching the web with I believe was
combinations of ("resource" and "scheduling" and "calenders")
If we develop a system based on FrameCal or something else we will make
it freely available as licensing permits.
Of course, if someone else has a suitable system available freely or at
low cost it would save us development time and costs.
Jim Mabon
mabon@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu
Corinna Wauchope did it) that uses Filemaker Pro to book instrument
time, track our user information, keep the instrument logbooks and
bill our users. It is working quite well now. We plan to put it on
the Web when we have all the glitches ironed out and all the
instruments included on it and whenCorinna has some spare time to do
the necessary Web stuff ( :-) ).
John F. Mansfield
jfmjfm@engin.umich.edu
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www.when.com
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