WCMSphp

WCMSphp is, or will be, a case management system for California Workers' Compensation cases. It is loosely based around a system I helped design and maintain for about sixteen (16) years, AMS. Attorney Management Systems - WCMS is an Informix 4GL system that was originally developed on Fourgen's Informix code generator. I weened it from Fourgen and fine-tuned the programs while continuing to add new functionality. It was twice ported to GUI interfaces and twice broken due to Microsoft system upgrades, first from NT to 2000 then the change to XP. We first ported it to Informix's New Era platform, then we tried a system called Passport. Finally, AMS ceased operation due to a serious illness suffered by the company's owner.

I had experimented with a PHP port first using PHP3. On-line systems were still too slow and security questionable in those days so it remained a curiosity and a source of functions for other projects of mine. I started from scratch using PHP4 and achieved the basic system functionality then started to port it to PHP5 so I could take advantage of exception handling. This is what can be found in my sourceforge cvs repository. The project page, web site and cvs access can be accessed with the menu links provided here. On my own development box I have started to port my existing code to Zend Framework. Life's exigencies have come to take precedence and this project has become dormant. If there is anyone out there that is interested in continuing this project I will gladly resume given adequate funding.