Overview Iris - Botanical Garden is a multi-user system that runs on Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista. The system is built with Microsoft .NET and uses relational databases (SQL) for data storage. The current version is supported and tested for the databases Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Microsoft Access.
The system setup includes all the necessary software, excluding databases. To use Microsoft Word templates to create labels, MS Word (version 97 or newer) must be present. The installation process is self-explanatory and expert assistance is usually not necessary.
.NET Iris - Botanical Garden is built entirely with Microsoft .NET Framework technology. The .NET Framework is a software component platform released in 2002 by Microsoft and is considered by many to be the most modern and mature software development platform for the Windows Operating System. Database platform This botanical software solution has been designed with database vendor independence in mind. Currently, Iris - Botanical Garden has been tested and is supported for Microsoft SQL Server (version 2000 or later), MySQL 5 and Microsoft Access (version 2000 or later). We will extend our database platform support if there is sufficient demand. Web server technology The Index Seminum and the Garden Explorer modules are built with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 and Ajax technology. Currently both modules have been tested and are supported for Microsoft Internet Information Services. We will extend our web server support if there is sufficient demand. Links For more information or to download the latest version of the supported databases please click on the links below: |