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Database Auto-fill Software GUI

Build Status License: MIT

The Database Auto-full Software GUI projects is the frontend of the auto-fill project. It asks the user the name of the section that needs to be auto-filled, and on-clicking the auto-fill button, it runs the backend scripts to fill the MS Access Database. It updates the user of the current step the scripts are on using a progress bar. Open the MS Access database or use the Data Entry Form to verify that the section is filled.

Prerequisites

Setup

  • Install Microsoft Visual Studios 2017 (or higher) with the .NET framework 4.7.2.
  • Setup the python backend environment as directed here.
  • Build and run the project using Visual Studios. Make sure all the projects are running on the x64 platform.
  • Test and run the project on the Test Databases sections. Note: The path should be to the section folder and not to the access database directly.

Features

  • Autofilling the database
  • Progress bar
  • Logging
  • Error handling

Development

  • The project uses MVVM design Pattern.
  • Here is a tutorial on creating a WPF desktop application.
  • Contributors and future developers are requested to fork from this project.