Visual Studio applications

The Species File Group (SFG) has developed a template that contains the basic database table structure as well as the stored procedures, user-defined functions and views used by Species Files. The template is used as the starting point for new Species File databases (SpeciesFile-Databases ). Species File is a MS Visual Studio application. Progranmiing for Species File is done with Visual Studio.NET. The Active Server Pages (ASP) use Visual Basic Script and client side programming is done using JavaScript. 

All programs are intended to be run as application on a PC using the Windows operating system (XP or later). The code was written in FORTRAN 90/95 and compiled with the INTEL Visual FORTRAN compiler integrated in the Microsoft Visual Studio Developer Environment. 

The Library Studio Developer s Kit further extends Library Studio by embedding Microsoft s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) into the Library Studio application. With VBA, the user can import data from statistical packages, such as DOE, or export data for further manipulation, such as a bubble point calculation. Additionally, modifications to the Library Studio user interface are possible via custom add-ins, such as commands to produce automated designs or validate a design intended for a particular instrument. 

The applications are compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (using default release build optimization settings) and are executed on two different computers, both running Microsoft Windows. The first machine is a desktop computer with Intel Core 17-2600 CPU (4 cores, 2 x 32 kB LI cache and 256 kB L2 cache per core, 8 MB shared L3 cache) with 8 GB RAM. The second one is a laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo L7100 CPU (dual core, 2 x 32 kB LI cache per core and a shared 2 MB L2 cache) with 3 GB RAM. The various hardwares are expected to yield different memory system performance and, thus, different optimal parameter configurations. 

The amount and variety of software produced since the invention of the computer in the 1940 s is truly phenomenal. World Wide Web browsers, e-mail, and personal productivity software (such as Microsoft Office) are used by people at home and at work. Operating systems, middleware, and integrated development environments (such as Microsoft s Visual Studio) are used by professional programmers to produce new computer applications every day. Web development systems are used to produce Web services that support applications on desktops and mobile devices. 

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