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Originally Posted by K9Pup
Of course it is POSSIBLE. But the problem you will have is finding someone to do it for the amount of money you are willing to pay. Getting a "custom" application written for ONE user can be expensive. Even "simple" programs take a lot of time. And then you will want it to be "easily modified" so you can make future changes yourself.
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I disagree. Most Visual Basic developers could crank out the basic functionality in a day. If not, they shouldn't call themselves developers. Most business or CIS students are required to learn VB or C++ for their majors, and anyone who thinks such an application is "complex" or "difficult" is probably writing in BASIC or Java.
If you are not overly enthralled with an attractive "Windows-like" interface, put a request on any of the Python or PHP developer forums. ("rentacoder" is one such). The type of application you describe, including database connectivity and parsing data files, is considered trivial in most modern languages. Meaning "really cheap and easy to code."
Good Luck
