I am starting on an app that I'd call a "configurator", but searches on that term hit an area unrelated to my need.
The quickest example I can come up with is customizing a PC purchase at Dell:
-- Select a base model
-- Select case options
-- Select internal options (e.g. CPU)
-- Select modules
-- Select accessories and add-ons
...
-- Construct sales order with line items and pricing
As with configuring the computer, some selections depend on others.
In my app case, an industrial control system is ordered "semi-custom": Select a base system; select a case; select input modules; select output modules; select connectors; select external add-ons ("accessories").
It is kind of like a shopping-cart app, but it is NOT a Web app; stand-alone C#.
Any suggestions on keywords to use to search for this type of app?
If I start from scratch, any suggestions? An elaborate TreeView? Perhaps a split-container with the TreeView on one side representing the configuration so far, and a tab panel on the other, each panel having a few selections via radio buttons, drop-downs, and the like?
In my .NET work so far (as a .NET newbie pretty much), I've always found what I was searching for--eventually. Code snippets, complete apps, answers to questions as here. The hard part is knowing the best search term(s); once found they take you to a wealth of prior work.
TIA.
Lee
The quickest example I can come up with is customizing a PC purchase at Dell:
-- Select a base model
-- Select case options
-- Select internal options (e.g. CPU)
-- Select modules
-- Select accessories and add-ons
...
-- Construct sales order with line items and pricing
As with configuring the computer, some selections depend on others.
In my app case, an industrial control system is ordered "semi-custom": Select a base system; select a case; select input modules; select output modules; select connectors; select external add-ons ("accessories").
It is kind of like a shopping-cart app, but it is NOT a Web app; stand-alone C#.
Any suggestions on keywords to use to search for this type of app?
If I start from scratch, any suggestions? An elaborate TreeView? Perhaps a split-container with the TreeView on one side representing the configuration so far, and a tab panel on the other, each panel having a few selections via radio buttons, drop-downs, and the like?
In my .NET work so far (as a .NET newbie pretty much), I've always found what I was searching for--eventually. Code snippets, complete apps, answers to questions as here. The hard part is knowing the best search term(s); once found they take you to a wealth of prior work.
TIA.
Lee