Financial Helper: Financial Software for Startup Small Medium Entrepreneur and Novice Investor

The primary objective of this study is to develop a financial analysis application and
is tailored for the use in Malaysia. The target users for the application are the Small
Medium Enterprise as well as normal entrepreneurs which possess limited
knowledge of financial analysis and calculations. As a second objective this project
will also explore the capabilities and extent of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 with
Action Script 2.0 as programming tools. There will be two methodology used
through out the study: research methodology and design methodology. For the
research methodology, questionnaires and evaluation will be used based on current
available financial software. For the design methodology, prototyping will be used to
create fast-build prototype for evaluation. To gain full understanding on this study,
two areas needed to be covered first; financial theories and ActionScript
programming including using Macromedia Flash MX 2004 as a design platform. As
a conclusion, this study will enhance current financial application and software in
three areas: specialization on Malaysian market, direct update from developer's
database and attractive graphical user interface (GUI). This project will also try to
prove that Macromedia Flash will have a bright future; not only as a presentation
wizard and animation tools, but also as a programming tools, breaking the monopoly
of previous programming tools (visual basic.net, C++, etc).