Facility Management Web Platform is a developer tool kit, enabling the construction of a web based application which consolidates data and CAD drawings into a single management system. Information is stored in textual records, (forms) and as CAD-based visual information (drawings).

The Facilities Management Web Application Development Kit is a generic and flexible development framework for rapid construction of Facilities Management Web Platform (FMWP).

The FMWP Development Kit is based on configuration and customization tools and on a web forms generator tool (SYS Admin), which creates web pages and standard data manipulation, and open architecture for applications and interfaces (SYS Dev).

System versatility, flexibility and scalability are achieved through:

• Generated forms - provide maximum system scalability enabling system administrators to create additional forms and data objects in a fast and easy manner.
• Item events - provide flexible data manipulation for different events occurring in the data engine. This mechanism enables developers to attach a fully custom functionality, developed as an external Dll, to different system events.
• Custom forms and framework's API - provide maximum versatility and flexibility for creating fully integrated custom forms.

System architecture

The system is divided into four logical main blocks:

1. Web application framework - provides navigation and UI capabilities.
2. Generated web forms - created by development and customization tools.
3. Custom web forms - provides system flexibility for custom requirements.
4. Graphic engine - displays CAD drawings and provides data integration capabilities.

The system configuration and customization tool is a dedicated win32 application, which enables the system designer/administrator to define:

• Entities and relations between entities.
• Map database tables, fields and table relations.
• Forms, form parts, fields and control's properties.
• Form actions - generic and custom action buttons.
• Modules and forms included in each module.
• Toolbars, menus and submenus.

The web application framework is a rich platform for FMWP development providing:

• Rich and flexible graphical UI.
• Toolbars and menus.
• Workspace tree - a hierarchical display of data.
• Smart dynamic search capabilities - providing quick, advanced and detailed search options.
• User customized shortcuts list.
• Graphic engine integration.
• Flexible Authentication and authorization mechanisms.