Guinea Pigs wanted.. for inventory system

Just a thought here, I think Item Location, Box Location and maybe Storage Location are missing, unless they were left out intentionally? Would be nice fields to have, I think.

Manufacturer:  Red Caboose and P&D Hobbies?

I would also test for you, email in profile.

A blank field would be most desirable.  That way the user could add his specific field/fields  as wanted.  The important part would be creation of individualized 'reports'

as desired by the user.  Train Minder is not friendly in that respect.  You have to create separate databases to do custom designed reports.

Thanks.

One more thought while reading other posts above, I think the poster that suggested the Manufacture Date or Date Made may have a good idea. As you know, some of our train items may not actually be made or shipped until well over a year or even more after the catalog is issued. Some items have taken several years to finally be made.

I am thrilled so many of you are volunteering to test.

xferyard;

Just an FYI for you, I have entered most of my inventory into TrainMinder. And I really need something else for an inventory program that will be supported. Very interested in your project.

I use Train Minder as well. Need something more stable. Interested in the future product. Keep me posted.

How long will it take to design and work out the bugs? 

Nice idea.  Here's another vote for refining the date/era fields.  On my inventory sheets I separate the model detail from the prototype detail. Thus, I include year of manufacture of the model, year range during which the prototype was built, and years that it was in service. That might be overkill for some but it's what I use for assembling a consist and for seeing what I'm missing with regard to future purchases.

How about a field for number of rivets??  Oh, no, just kidding! :-). My time is as limited as my collection but I have extensive software testing and prior UI design skills if you find you still need it.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson, Best laugh today.

Jack

Right now I'm using Trainminder. It was compatible with Traintracker. It would have to be able to get my stuff from Trainminder into the new program. I also have 2 collections in the program . 1 for the stuff at the club and another for the stuff I have at home.

Jim D.

Guys, I have been asked to move this conversation off of the OGR Forum in order to conform with the Forum Rules (or until I can become a sponsor).  I will send out an email to the 'Beta Testers' later today. This will slow down the process of gathering your requirements, which for now is okay as you have given me plenty of work to do! . 

For now if you need to contact me please use john.gardberg@centerrail.com replies will come from my Comcast account.