FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LTD
December 1999 to December 2000
Title:
Microsoft Visual Basic Programmer
Profile:
The company has a division that supplies administration systems to Local Governments.
A Client/Server version has been developed using a modified Legacy system at the
backend, the Client being written in Visual Basic.
Software:
The system is data driven, and all Menu Items and MDI child Forms are created "on
the fly". The rules are defined in a Microsoft Access database. Any new application
can be added at will. The Microsoft Visual Basic programming involved the complexities
of applying the database Rules, handling dynamic Form creation, and Meta data used
to create the transitory objects.
Duties:
- Support of the Client side of the large and complex (about 10 person years of work
and a few hundred thousand lines of code) Local Government project for Warringah
Council.
- Providing bug-free and stable systems.
- Attending to Client bug and enhancement requests.
- Conversion of DAO Jet Engine to ADO database access objects.
- Conversion of the system to Component Object Modules (COM) to reduce maintenance
overhead.
- Allow third party access to the system.
- Consultancy for Fujitsu in their attempt to become autonomous.
- On-going software support for individual projects.
Achievements:
- Set up a completely new environment to handle the Networking requirements, the Microsoft
Visual Basic environment and the Middleware for the Client GUI system – including
the Unix Server and databases.
- Produced a stable system.
- Eliminated of all high priority errors in the Microsoft Visual Basic programs and
created a stable system.
- Reduced program response times by over 70%.
- Changed thousands of lines of code in implementing consistency and programming standards.
- Built an open ended ActiveX control to allow all Forms to be converted to controls.
The first of these handled Logins, Printer selection, and Screen Printing.
- Created an open ended DLL to provide Error handling, Server access, Transaction
creation, rule definitions, printing, etc.
- Produced an asynchronous .EXE to play sounds, FTP printing, Server access –
without impacting on the Client.
- Created a "User Exit" interface to allow independent third part access to the records
on the Server, and provide access to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
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