1. Uconn Marching Band Information Management System Status Report Harlan Broughton Stephen Link March 2, 2010

2. Project Overview What is the project about? Learning new technologies to create a usable IMS Our goal: o To develop a fully-realized IMS for the UCMB that they may use daily to replace their current system

3. Recap The IMS is divided into six sections o Registration, Login o Data Access, Notification o Members-Only, Pep-band Scheduler Also includes: o Even registration o Administrator media sharing

4. Current Status Progress since the previous milestone: o Completed? No major breakthroughs nor setbacks o What issues have been resolved? No real issues after installing proper tools o Hosting Previously on gregn24.dyndns.org On track? o Mostly

5. Issues and Resolutions Access to database o In progress. o The.bak file yields an error on any access attempt o Problem is with the formatting of the table and what the management tool expects

6. Issues and Resolutions (2) When trying to access Silverlight code, the.xap file only showed hex values in Visual Studio..xap is the Silverlight application package Overlooked a specific Silverlight Developer Tools installation

7. Timeline

8. Looking Ahead For Milestone 4 (March 31): What are the expected deliverables? o Working site featuring media management Known risks and issues o None for Milestone 4 What are the immediate next steps? o Finalize hosting, fix problem with database integration

9. Technology and Resources Project Visual Studio Windows Communication Foundation SQL Server Silverlight, C#, XML

10. Visual Studio, WCF Windows Communication Foundation: Links SQL and Silverlight via WCFServices page

11. Silverlight, C#, XML C# the primary element, with Silverlight being the frontend and XML greasing behind the scenes Silverlight tucked into existing designs:

12. SQL Server IMS database backup in a.bak Using MS SQL Server Management Studio for convenient access

13. Questions?