“Once again the dtSearch Engine comes through ... Fairly quickly we had the website up and running using ASP.NET and C#.”
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AppsPlus has years of experience in database development. As a Microsoft MVP, AppsPlus specializes in Windows and web-based programming. The president of AppsPlus, F. Scott Barker, has written multiple books on programming. AppsPlus has been working with the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine for nearly a decade.
AppsPlus’ client, IRS.GOV WIZARD, had AppsPlus create a web site that could be used to search the IRS web site and other relevant sites. As a CPA (now retired from public accounting), Brian Dooley found the IRS web site to be a wealth of knowledge hidden because of its structure: “Knowledge without organization losses accessibility and context.” |
“In fact, using the dtSearch Engine Spider APIs, I found it could perform a phenomenal amount of work with minimal programming.”
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The web site AppsPlus created for IRS.GOV WIZARD, www.irswizard.net, combines the power of the dtSearch Engine and its Spider, with Mr. Dooley’s knowledge of the tax code and the layout of the IRS web site. Explains Mr. Dooley: “The dtSearch Engine looks at the user’s terms using my tax knowledge to perform the perfect search.”
“Once again the dtSearch Engine comes through for the needs of my clients,” says Mr. Barker of AppsPlus. “Fairly quickly we had the website up and running using ASP.NET and C#. And the Spider API added no more overhead than usual. In fact, using the dtSearch Engine Spider APIs, I found it could perform a phenomenal amount of work with minimal programming.”
Using the dtSearch Engine Spider and other .NET APIs. Mr. Barker created a simple interface for users of IRS.GOV WIZARD, while providing users with three different search variations for optimal user convenience. Adds Mr. Barker: “Once the search is done, displaying the documents is easy. Again using the .NET object model for the dtSearch Engine, the site brings back the results, displaying them in a simple list, and let’s Adobe handle the display, with hits highlighted, for PDFs.”
AppsPlus’ clients for software development include industries ranging from the government, insurance, banking, medical analysis — even projects for Microsoft. Mr. Barker, a former Microsoftie, is the author of a multiple books published by SAMS and Wrox Publishing on programming techniques, including Wrox’s C# Express Starter Kit.
For more information on AppsPlus’ development and consulting services, please call Scott Barker at (206) 369-7309, email FSBarker@AppsPlus.com, or visit AppsPlus online at www.AppsPlus.com. |
