UKu \| Computing Centre \| Research & Development	8 June 2002 Mikko Korpela Juha Mykkänen (Delphi) Hellevi Ruonamaa (Server) Marko Sormunen (Java)
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FixIT: Systems development toolkits for FileMan databases

FixIT is a portfolio of systems development toolkits for client/server applications based on VA's FileMan Data Base Management System at the server. The client-server communication is currently based on VA's Remote Procedure Call Broker.

Delphi-FixIT is based on Borland's Delphi at the client side, and intended for Windows clients.
Web-FixIT is a functionally equivalent toolkit based on the web browser technology, Java and Borland's JBuilder.
e-FixIT is a Java-based toolset to build applications based on web servers, JSP (Java Server Pages) and HTML user interfaces.

International versions of the toolkits are available as freeware. Component-FixIT project has been developing and specifying the next generation tools and architectures in 2000-2001, and the work continues in PlugIT project.

FixIT is particularly intended for modernizing existing departmental information systems in hospitals, as well as for developing new ones.

Information about FixIT will be accumulated on these pages. Most of the documents are in the PDF format (Portable Document Format) and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader software as a plug-in to your browser. If you don't have it already, download it free of charge from the Acrobat download pages.

Click below for more information on a specific toolkit:

Free FixIT: The delivery pages of the internationalized Delphi and Java toolkits.
Delphi-FixIT: A commercial Finnish version and project documentation in English.
Web-FixIT: Project documentation and download pages.
e-FixIT: Short description and download pages.
Component-FixIT: Project documentation.

Publications:

Generic background material related to all FixIT toolkits. For project documentation, see the specific toolkit pages above.

FixIT: Free FileMan-Delphi/Java/web server system development toolkits: Handout, 2 August 2001 (271 KB, PDF file).
Transforming Legacy Systems into a Valuable Heritage: The case of the FixIT migration tools in Finland. In: Eder, L. (Ed.): Managing Healthcare Information Systems with Web-Enabled Technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, 2000, pp. 92-108.
Migrating a Valuable Heritage to the Next Millennium: The Case of FileMan/Kernel and FixIT: Discussion session presentation at the annual MTA Conference, San Diego, USA, 28 September 1999 (1.1 MB, PDF file, colour slides). Approaches to Legacy Systems: FileMan-Kernel-FixIT + Finland, Nigeria – USA? Plenary session presentation, 28 September 1999 (490 KB, PDF file, colour slides). Regarding audience reaction, see the report on the Hardhats pages.
FixIT: a short introduction: Presentation (in Finnish) at the MUSTI Hospital Information System Users' Days, Helsinki, Finland, 23 September 1999 (753 KB, PDF file, colour slides). News from the VA to the 21st Century: Presentation (in Finnish) (1.5 MB, PDF file, colour slides).
Distributed objects are coming - Are you ready? We are ready! Presentation (in Finnish) at the national Health Informatics Days, Kuopio, Finland, 31 May 1999 (1.2 MB, PDF file, colour slides).
CCS-SIS project: Report on a Brazilian consortium for defining healthcare business components for national use (16 kB, HTML page).
Comparison between a Windows/Delphi and a browser/Java technology in hospital information systems: Paper presented in the PEP'99 conference in 29-31 March 1999 in Sao Paulo, Brazil (90 kB Word document).
Moving a valuable heritage to the network computing architecture: Paper (460 kB, Word document), poster (380 kB, A4 size PDF file) and diagrams (75 kB, PDF file), presented in the HIMSS'99 conference on 24 February 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. The paper is published in the Proceedings of the 1999 Annual HIMSS Conference, Chicago: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, pp. 405-419.
Why FixIT is a high-productivity toolset, 6 Oct 1998 (150 kB including figures, HTML page).
From legacy systems via client/server to web browser technology in hospital informatics in Finland: Paper presented in the MEDINFO'98 conference, 18-22 August 1998 (45 kB, PDF file) and published in B Cesnik, AT McCray, J-R Scherrer, eds., MedInfo'98: 9th World Congress on Medical Informatics, Proceedings, Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 222-226 (last page misprinted).
Modernizing the MUSTI legacy systems: Presentation (in Finnish) at the National Healthcare Informatics Days, 26 May 1997 (83 kB, PDF file).
Application development with VA’s FileMan: From terminals via client/server to web: Article in M Computing, no. 2/1997 (546 kB, PDF file).
Rejuvenation of legacy systems: The case of M/Kernel based hospital information systems in Finland: Article in M Computing, no. 1/1996 (44 kB, PDF file).