catalyst for software success™

Ideal SystemsCatalyst for software success™

zTools Overview

Most software projects fail for two reasons:

Inaccurate, inflexible design Users uninvolved

Users overly-influential

Communication gap between users and designers

Undisciplined development Redundant coding

Inconsistent coding

Difficult maintenance.

Ideal Systems: Catalyst for software success™

BEAM™ Training – Design it right Common language for users and developers

Understandable and verifiable by users

Disciplined, consistent, flexible for developers

zTools™ Technology – Build it right Minimal coding

Consistent methodology

Simple application maintenance.

zTools: a new dimension in RAD™

Reduces development time and effort Common functions (application primitives) built-in

Standardizes application security Integrates directly with database security

Unifies application interface Better user experience and easier training

Simplifies application maintenance Most UI changes accomplished w/o recompilation.

Database Application Primitives

Presentation Primitives Grid View Vertical Form View Custom Form View

Database Application Primitives

Presentation Primitives Grid View Vertical Form View Custom Form View

Display Primitives View (SELECT) Filter (WHERE) Sort (ORDER BY)

Filter

Sort

Select

Database Application Primitives

Presentation Primitives Grid View Vertical Form View Custom Form View

Display Primitives View (SELECT) Filter (WHERE) Sort (ORDER BY)

Maintenance Primitives Add (INSERT) Change (UPDATE) Delete (DELETE)

Change

Delete

Add

Application navigation

Reporting and querying

Globalization

Documentation

Simple, consistent interface

Button Text Box DropDown Calendar Read-OnlyCheckBox

Other operations standardized

Navigate

Aggregate

Export

Extended Metadata

Data Access Page Access

The UI isn’t “programmed”… it’s configured.The UI isn’t “programmed”… it’s configured.

Hard-code everything

(data entry, reports,

validation, security, etc)

Hard-code everything

(data entry, reports,

validation, security, etc)

Lots of custom coding

Lots of custom coding

Telerik RADControls,Infragistics,

etc.

Crystal Reports,Business Objects,

etc.

Telerik RADControls,Infragistics,

etc.

Crystal Reports,Business Objects,

etc.

Crystal Reports,Business Objects, etc.

Telerik RADControls,Infragistics, etc.

zTools Benefits

Drastically reduces lines of code

All core data operations are built-in

Consistent look and feel

Secure, data-driven user interfaces

Most UI changes made without recompiling

Accomplish more with less resources.

Why settle for anything less

than ideal?