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October 7th, 2006

01:41 am - Last Post (probably) Hey guys, Well I'd love to say to you all that I have finished my project but due to unforseen problems, I might have to start my project AGAIN. Im really upset about this having to do this and instead of spending the weekend finishing this one, I am waiting to hear from Bill Poole and working on my other assignments. This week is going to be hell. Don't be surprised if I snap at anyone of my mates because of this and to you all, I apologise in advance. Have a great week and hope your project is going better than mine. Alli Current Mood: depressed

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September 19th, 2006

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September 18th, 2006

09:54 pm - 9th Post Hey guys, Well firstly I would like to commend Anthony on his honesty in his recent post (http://dogmeat35aus.livejournal.com). I would also like to agree in part with his post. I supplied my document which had to be stripped of hundreds of words due to the strict word limit set in the last assessment task. I found stripping components from the document I submitted had caused me to lose marks because I was too "vague" with my submission. I feel I would not have submitted a vague document if the word limit was not set. I also agree with Anthony - I feel that the marking criteria was incredibly simple and does not justify the marks in which I received - I don't understand how we could achieve full marks based on what we were given in the Unit Outline. I feel the marking criteria was simple and did not give the students a just way to complete the assessment set and give a good spread of marks across the board. I found the task to be ambiguous and up to interpretation. I don't understand how the marking criteria we were given reflects my final marks, again which was up to interpretation. I feel a clearer, more thorough marking criteria may have been more appropriate yet I gave it my best shot with the information I had. That being said, I appreciate the feedback given to us, am anxious for my final mark and hope that it can be improved on what I have been given due to the nature of the vagueness of an open ended project. Current Mood: frustrated

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September 14th, 2006

08:13 am - 8th Post Hey guys, Well I can say I have not been that productive with my own project but trying to help others out with theirs. I have spoken to a few people and they have had some issues with the construction of Arrays in VBA. I have found the following sites which should help with the issues that others have had. The tutorials that I have found go in depth about different arrays that may be available for use in your educational resource: * http://www.cpearson.com/excel/returnin.htm An extract from the webpage on how to write an array can be found below: Sample Code For Dimensioning An Array This sample code determines how the function was called, using the Application.Caller object. If it was called by a one dimensional array, it determines whether it was called into a row or a column of cells. It calls ReDim to allocate an array of the appropriate size. At then end of the function, it returns the array in the proper format. Public Function MyFunction() Dim Arr() Dim R as Integer Dim C as Integer Dim ReturnColumn As Boolean R = Application.Caller.Rows.Count C = Application.Caller.Columns.Count ReturnColumn = False If R > 1 Then If C > 1 Then ReDim Arr(R,C) Else ReDim Arr(R) ReturnColumn = True End If Else ReDim Arr(C) End If ' '... Your Code Here ' If ReturnColumn = True Then MyFunction = Application.Worksheetfunction.Transpose(Arr) Else MyFunction = Arr End If End Function I hope that helps you guys with the arrays but if not, I have also found the following tutorials available online: * http://www.anthony-vba.kefra.com/vba/excelvba-simulation.htm * http://www.lacher.com/toc/tutvba2.htm * http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/forums/thread/100624/#100624 GREAT FORUM to post your VBA questions Good Luck and all the best with your completion of VBA Coding! aLLi Current Mood: bouncy

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September 8th, 2006

04:31 pm - 7th Post Hey guys, Hope you had a good week. My week has been incredibly busy with major assignments due left right and centre. I have had a look at the next and final submission and believe that it is not as intensive in documentation as the one we just submitted yet provided no changes are made from the Requirement Statement just made. I hope the feedback we get from our last submission will be able to help me in my final assessment and point me in the right direction with the development of documentation. Just wondering how everyone is progressing with their program? Mine is slowly being developed and I hope to have that done and to be reviewed by the end of week 10 to let me finalise my work. Well I'm going to relax after work and completing an intense theology essay. Dont forget open day tomorrow and hope you all have a great week! Alli Current Mood: exhausted

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August 31st, 2006

09:28 pm - 6th Post Firstly, all I can say is what a week! Being swamped with 2 major assignments this week and some last and next week, I managed to finally finish my SRS and flow charts. I found it difficult to construct the flow charts due to the nature of my project which I am developing. Thanks to Anthony for the link for the flow chart software. I found it a GREAT help, alot better than MS Word for developing flow charts, the mouse doesnt deselect itself for no reason or change the size of the font when it feels like it *grin* /end rant about micro$oft. In regards to the SRS, I found it extremely difficult to follow the IEEE Standards Layout and the Unit Outline and keep the document with the word limit. I felt if we had a more generic template to follow, it would have perhaps allowed me to keep under the word limit compared to an industry standard document for a business application. This being the case, I found that the document needed to be stripped of alot of the components to keep it with in the word limit. Any how, after speaking to a few of my class mates, alot of people have gone over the limit. This is going to be frustrating when it comes to reading and evaluating 22 other live journal posts in 2 weeks of classmates SRS's and I am not looking forward to that due to the nature of the complexity of my other assignments due in the next 4 weeks. (I understand everyone else followed the IEEE Standards as well and had trouble taking information out and I appreciate this). I guess I am going to have to grin and bear it along with everything else and try to make time to do so with all the other assignments I have and try to keep a positive outlook on the project. Well better get going. Hope you all did well with your SRS documents! All the best and have a great weekend, I know we can all do with the rest. aLLi. PS Happy Birthday Dad for today! Current Mood: exhausted

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August 27th, 2006

06:05 pm - 5th Post Hey again guys, Hope your week was going well. Hope everyone is coping with the large amount of assignments that we have piled on at the moment and going well at it :) In regards to the SRS, I found the best way to do all of the system flow diagrams, flow charts and others is in Microsoft Word using the drawing tools. I also agree that the structure that Anthony kindly set out on his livejournal is an awsome start. I have tried using other programs to draw the documents, just like when drawing a gantt chart, MS Project is not always the best program to use. Sorry for the short post, I am pressed for time in trying to finish my SRS and documentation. Next post will be the SRS for you to all see my progress! Best of Luck! Current Mood: stressed

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August 20th, 2006

03:42 pm - 4th Post Hey Guys, Well my project is coming along. I have decided that I am going to hold off on images to post of my product as it is not working 100 % as of yet but once it is working, I will be glad to share. I am feeling better this week and have had a chance to look at our up and coming assignment submission. I again suggest thoroughly investigatin any project management books that you have available and getting any out of the library now for our new assignment due in less than two weeks. According to my Gantt Chart, I should be coding and testing my entries. I believe Gantt Charts are a good method to follow your work progress but due to being sick and bombarded and snowed under with uni assignments, I have had to hold off on what I would like to have done. Well I better get going and continue with my work. Have a great week. Alli :) Current Mood: blah

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August 11th, 2006

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August 3rd, 2006

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July 30th, 2006

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