This really should be posted in the off topic area, but I REALLY need to get this done, or some day soon, my ship will be sunk.
I have a computer program that I use on a daily basis and as described below, soon I will be up a creek without a paddle if I do not address the future.
Basically what the program does is allows me to plot weather data on custom maps that I create. I start by creating the map background in a graphics file format such as .bmp. I then create the merging of that graphics file with a data set by opening up the program, choosing to create a new map file, importing the data set and placing each station where I want it. I then save the map file within the program and the next time I open up that particular map file, it remembers where I assigned each station and I can then just choose to display the different weather parameters for those stations on the map. I can then export to a file or print the map image with the weather variables plotted on it.
It is a very simple program, but also very versatile as it lets me use any map background I create as well as allows me to put the stations anywhere I want. It is also very critical to my daily work, as I do weather analysis and forecasting for locations all around the world and there is no other source of this info in the format I create at the time that I need it.
My problem is that the program I have will only work with an OS running at 32 bit (I believe, anything beyond XP will not work), and I am slowly losing computers that have that OS running on them and I don't think I can even get a copy of XP anywhere if my last machine with the program on it die! So I need to replicate the program and have it be able to run on Win7 or 8.
I have included a screen capture of the program with data plotted on a map of the central US. The text file that the program reads from is basically a .txt file that gets imported into excel and then is parsed into separate columns to separate the data fields and then copied, pasted into windows notebook and re-saved as a txt file.
I am not sure if this even makes any sense to you at all, but I have been in contact with several of the computer repair/retailers in the area and none of them said they had the ability to program like that for me. So I am looking for someone that can re-write this program in code that will work with 64bit processing so I can use it on machines running Win 7 or 8. It is probably a very simple program to write, but I have NO programming experience, nor do I care to! I know the IT guy that wrote the code for me back 20 years ago did it in about 90 minutes.
Please HELP!
-John
I have a computer program that I use on a daily basis and as described below, soon I will be up a creek without a paddle if I do not address the future.
Basically what the program does is allows me to plot weather data on custom maps that I create. I start by creating the map background in a graphics file format such as .bmp. I then create the merging of that graphics file with a data set by opening up the program, choosing to create a new map file, importing the data set and placing each station where I want it. I then save the map file within the program and the next time I open up that particular map file, it remembers where I assigned each station and I can then just choose to display the different weather parameters for those stations on the map. I can then export to a file or print the map image with the weather variables plotted on it.
It is a very simple program, but also very versatile as it lets me use any map background I create as well as allows me to put the stations anywhere I want. It is also very critical to my daily work, as I do weather analysis and forecasting for locations all around the world and there is no other source of this info in the format I create at the time that I need it.
My problem is that the program I have will only work with an OS running at 32 bit (I believe, anything beyond XP will not work), and I am slowly losing computers that have that OS running on them and I don't think I can even get a copy of XP anywhere if my last machine with the program on it die! So I need to replicate the program and have it be able to run on Win7 or 8.
I have included a screen capture of the program with data plotted on a map of the central US. The text file that the program reads from is basically a .txt file that gets imported into excel and then is parsed into separate columns to separate the data fields and then copied, pasted into windows notebook and re-saved as a txt file.
I am not sure if this even makes any sense to you at all, but I have been in contact with several of the computer repair/retailers in the area and none of them said they had the ability to program like that for me. So I am looking for someone that can re-write this program in code that will work with 64bit processing so I can use it on machines running Win 7 or 8. It is probably a very simple program to write, but I have NO programming experience, nor do I care to! I know the IT guy that wrote the code for me back 20 years ago did it in about 90 minutes.
Please HELP!
-John
