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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 214869, member: 8012&quot;]<b>What you do wih the data..</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve programmed a couple of data-based programs for the company I work for.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, getting the data in isn&#039;t the big problem.&nbsp; Of course, it&#039;s tedious but requires very little &quot;programming&quot;.&nbsp; Unfortunately, a lot of people looking for &quot;free&quot; software also want it to come with pre-built tables containing mintages and attributes of tons and tons of coins/paper money, etc.&nbsp; THAT takes a lot of time and is virtually impossible for an individual to keep up to date (and for free too!!!).</p><p><br /></p><p>But the big job of programming is the layout of your data and pretty printouts and reports.&nbsp; And of course, you should be able to pick out 2 or 5 or 10 or 100 attributes and they should all display and/or print out nicely.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone needed a program to collect mercury dimes in all variations with an agreed upon set of attributes and outputs, that piece of software could be written quite easily.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s when you add the myriad options to allow the user to put in virtually anything that it becomes impossible or costly.&nbsp; Basically people want all the flexibility of an Excel, but that specializes in coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advise is to take the time you spend searching for the magical free software and invest that time by studying Microsoft Access.&nbsp; It&#039;ll be time well-spent and you don&#039;t have to become a geek to get really cool results.&nbsp; Plus you&#039;ll also be able to apply it to home inventory, any other collections you have and you just might have developed a skill that will make you more marketable![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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