Is this possible

[Mushi]

I would like to have a website with a box showing a layout of a simple
facility, and of the same size facility have another aisle layout. For
example on the website there would be two boxes, each with "aisles".
This will represent the layout of a warehouse.

Now that we have the layouts, I would like the user to select the
amount of random points to be generated on each layout.

Next I want the random points to show up on the layouts, and from a
point, (it will be the bottom center) of each box, have a worker go to
each random point and return to the point. This needs to be shown
graphically.

I would like a timer so each layout can be compared to each other.
Basically a race between the two layouts. The user could then see which
layout was more efficient.

I am a decent programmer in VBA-Excel and I was wondering what would be
my options to do this, meaning what software, etc do I need. Is this
possible in frontpage? Do I need to know java? Does this need flash?
I am not sure where to start.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Mushi,

I am a decent programmer in VBA-Excel and I was wondering what would be
my options to do this, meaning what software, etc do I need.

Is this possible in frontpage?
Yes.

Do I need to know java?

You could do it with a Java applet.

Does this need flash?

You could do it with a SWF.

I am not sure where to start.

Start small. VBA-Excel is a far cry from what you're trying to accomplish.
However, you may do okay with Flash, if you can learn Flash ActionScript.
You will need some software to do it. Here are a couple of good sites to
look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Flash
http://www.adobe.com/products/

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