Like I said,
THAT would be easy to implement, but even the library has barcoding nowdays.

How difficult is that?...I mean, how long can I take in developing that?
would it be cheaper to buy it from a third party?
or should, like you all say, do it with what I have and "force" the counselors to do it that way?




>>Charlie,
>>these are files (or folders) which holds all the information about the student. We have the data in SQL server.
>>What we are thinking of some kind of barcoding these files, so that, when the counselor takes them, they will "check them out"
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>>I say barcoding because I can easily create form, have them type the student ID, click on a box as "out" and select the name of the counselor that is taking the file.
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>It is relatively easy to implement this yourself, with three tables: one for people (you may already have this), one with a record for each folder, and one for the check-outs. It may be better to to it yourself, since it integrates into the remainder of your system. Tell me if you need further assistance.
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>>But, I'm thinking, are they really gonna do all this?
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>That is the real problem, of course.