Do we have experienced musicians in our Team Ada ? ;-) ----- Forwarded message from Richard John Harvey <[log in to unmask]> ----- From: [log in to unmask] (Richard John Harvey) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Which language should I use I wonder if anyone out there can advise me...I want to develop a software package for a friend of mine who runs a Karaoke. The programme should be able to work on a laptop (either Mac or Win) and would contain all the songs and be able to play them for gigs. This means it would have to be able to output CD-G (sound and graphics) to external monitors & sound system, and at the same time display an operating environment on the users screen. The programme would also act as a database from which reports can be generated, i.e. printing of song books etc. I am new to this sort of programming, although I am keen to learn. I have a background in Dynamic web development using ColdFusion with Oracle, and this initially led me to think that some sort of interface with a MySQL database might work. However this programme isn't really a web application, so I think I should develop it using something like VB or C++ or Java. If anyone out there could point me in the right direction it would save me going in the wrong direction and learning something that turns out not to be up to the task. Any advice gratefully received ----- End forwarded message ----- -- --Peter Hermann(49)0711-685-3611 fax3758 [log in to unmask] --Pfaffenwaldring 27 Raum 114, D-70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen --http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/ --Team Ada: "C'mon people let the world begin" (Paul McCartney)