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68 10 Detailed TimeCost Analysis Hardware and software cost are estimates based on summer 2006 academic prices. Licensing situations and discounts may change and should be reassessed on the preparation of funding applications. Note that this cost assessment does not include any additional charges that could be incurred by the utilization of external data repositories such as ADS see section 7.1, or any funds to be used by external partners. 10.1 Hardware Software Requirements 10.1.1 Software 10.1.1.1 Development It is suggested that SEAD development be primarily undertaken in the integrated developer environment of Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office and MS Office Pro. Umeå university has good support for this environment, which has a proven track record and exceptional online support through the Microsoft Developer Network and user community. MS SQL Server Developer Edition will be used to construct the database backend and stored procedures queries. Visual Studio provides a system for developing database linked web applications, and affords enhanced developer functionality with the MS Office Pro Suite. The included Access Developer Extensions facilitate the seamless deployment of the local frontend application to client machines, the Access Runtime Licence allows the software to run on machines that do not have, or do not have the correct version of, MS Access installed. Additional third party tools, such as Automated Form Resizing utilities and other existing software for improving the efficiency of development will be acquired as necessary. Table 10.1 and Table 10.2 summarise the proposed developer software solution and associated cost. Note that more than one license of some software packages will be required as at least two developers will be active. Development area Software Database structure Backend MS SQL Server - managed through Visual Studio Onsite interface application Local frontend MS Office Pro primarily Access Excel MS Visual Studio Tools For Office - programming in VBA VB - deployment with Access Runtime License where necessary 3 rd party tools and solutions as required Web interface Remote frontend MS Visual Studio Onsite GIS interface ArcGIS Website non-database interface Macromedia Dreamweaver website SwishMax Flash authoring Table 10.1. Summary of proposed developer software