by stecenko » Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:05 pm
A touch screen is is just an alternative to a mouse. The mouse and the keyboard are still functional. Touching the screen surface is the same as clicking on it.
I agree with Gerhard. You can try to install Win 8 on an existing computer but if problems or anomalies arise in the future, you'll never know if they are a result of a flaw in the install, an incompatibility that was undetected, or a bug in your code.
For your picklist of 100 over a hundred styles, you could use a tree rather than a drop down. In a restaurant, I'm pretty sure they don't use picklists for wines. Probably, first it's white or red, then maybe by price range or country.
Although it's not always possible to develop a tree that always splits the current level in half, it doesn't take many 2 or 3 choices to produce a reasonable set of styles to choose from.
Accuracy is important, both in a restaurant and in your business. I would hate to be the data-entry person having to enter all that information while the bride and her mother are fussing over the colour of the ushers' suits.
Richard Stecenko
Interactive Computer Services Inc.
Victoria, British Columbia
204.453.2052