Software for business

[Dave McElderry]

This is really off topic for this video site, but it seems that there is a wealth of knowledge in this group, so here goes...

My brother is in the HVAC business. He was telling me that it would be great if he had a program on a laptop that he could use for quickly creating quotes. What he would like to be able to do is to to select items from list "A" and have them added to list "B", which would automatically give a running price total. When everything that he needs is in list "B" all he has to do is print, or whatever he wants to do with it.

I know this could be done with an Excel spreadsheet, but I'm sure there are programs already set up to do this sort of thing without reinventing the wheel. Anybody have experience with software of this nature?

[Bob]

There are lots of such programs. Just do a google search on: hvac estimating software

Here's one from that search: http://fqq.com/index.htm $195

No endorsement implied, I picked that one at random.

[tiny]

Bah, you negated what my answer was going to be. So now I will just go ahead and defend it.

Something like this sounds like a simple function in excel using two different lists and some if statements . . . . If someone built a piece of software that does this and is making money off of it, more power to them.

[ed]

That would be fairly easy to program as a mobile app. Maybe I'll do an iPhone app

[Dave McElderry]

Sometimes you guys scare me.

[tiny]

you negated what my acknowledgment was traveling to be. So now I will just go advanced and avert it.

Something like this sounds like a simple action in excel application two altered lists and some if statements . . . . If anyone congenital a section of software that does this and is authoritative money off of it, added ability to them.
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What is going on here? Did someone register just to mock how awesome my way of speech is?

[Dave McElderry]

I didn't even notice that it was a first post Tiny. I thought it was a regular with tongue in cheek. Something a little odd here.

[Ron]

Typical spammer, guys. They're getting really weird in their approach these days.

The poster is banned & post deleted.

[jackfalbey]

I know most of these spammers are in foreign countries and probably aren't proficient in English, but seriously, do they just have a random bucket of words that they reach into when they compose their posts? Is anyone really going to buy something from someone who can't write a coherent sentence?

[Chuck Engels]

Some of the spammers today are just concerned with getting people to click on a link.
They get paid per click, not by selling anything. So if they can get a few thousand people a day to click on a link they will do pretty well.