WP Program

[myles]

I'm toying with the idea of having a custom word processing script built for a niche market, but to tell you the truth, I'm not sure what to expect when I go to place a new SL project. I don't know what kind of time is involved, nor am I sure what bid price range to expect either. If this type of program was to be built/written, is it done from scratch, or do programmers start by using public domain barebones templates and add the customizations? I'd probably have no more than 30 custom commands, and they would mostly have to do with formatting text, indentations, page breaks, and certain words or acronyms added automatically in certain places. Can anyone give me an idea of what would be involved? I don't want to post a project that I cannot follow through on, and I'm sure nobody else wants that either. That's why I'm asking here first.

If anyone is willing to talk about it and explain what I can expect, I'd appreciate it. And by all means, if I haven't supplied enough information for you to elaborate, just ask. :)

Thanks,
Myles

[ozeworks]

I assume you are saying you are thinking of developing an application like the very one we are using to type these posts with which is called an (text) editor?

You need to put it in context. There are editors that stand alone like Notepad and then there are editors used as part of an applications like this one. When you say "word processor" you are alluding to a Notepad style this that stands alone - has file management commands (open, new, save, delete).

If you explain more about what it is you are trying to do (the problem) then maybe someone where could give you an idea of how to do it (the solution).