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Hi All,

Hope everyone is well, I am new to the forum and LiveCode and I'm interested in using it to create a business directory app.

Before I proceed with devlopment I want to know whether I can make a directory app in live code with a search bar at the top to find businesses ? Is this possible with LiveCode? If so how would I go about it?

Also I want the businesses to appear in a list and when you tap on one, I want the corosponding page to have an image of the businesses logo and location via google maps? does live code have this functionality?

The search bar and google maps functionality are the two main features I'm hoping LiveCode can acheive as I've used appbuilders such as ShoutEm to acheive this but to no avail.

Any help or guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated and I hope I can become a lasting community member if LiveCode acheives my apps main features.

Hi,

Sure, it is all possible, but you'll have to script it. LC doesn't have all those features instantly available, but you can make them.

Kind regards,

Mark

Hi bhatia,
Are you talking about random businesses?
As in "Show me all the businesses within 5 miles of me"?
Or is it more select to your particular industry "Show me all <assumed>semiconductor firms</assumed> within 5 miles of me"?

Both can be achieved just one is bigger data.

I'm just interested in following to see how you do.

Simon

Strangely enough... I am just finishing a 'directory' of the sort that I think you wish to accomplish... At the moment it will just run on the iPhone and iPad... I smile... I have not yet mustered up the courage to do the 'android' versions as I keep telling myself in moments of delusion that runRev are going to roll out 'resolution independence' and then my problems with all the different screen sizes for 'android' will go away...

I have a 'crude' page of screen shots that I put up to help in discussions when talking to various people... It has helped them to see what I am talking about since they can't see me waving my arms about on the phone... have a look at

http://www.ihouse.on-rev.com/local.html

The app lists businesses by how far they are from your location, up to a maximum of 30 miles, or whaterever you set the search range to be. You can see them all in a list or on a map, target an individual one even from the map... phone, email, SMS them and view their web page... the app is just a 'shell' as everything is driven from a mySQL db, so that it can be changed... ie.. a category and/or a customer can be added and be immediately reflected in the app...

It has all been done with liveCode and liveCode server... So, the long winded answer to your question is..'Yes, It can all be done in liveCode.'.. It was put together surprisingly quickly, especially with the help I received from 'John Craig' with how to manipulate the responses from the database using .lc scripts... and from 'Scott Rossi' who has designed some 'popovers' that look great... unfortunately, they are not included in these screen shots..