PROJECT REPORT ON PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPRATION LIMITED

Submitted To:Department of Computer Science & Application . PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY in partial fulfillment of the requirement of

MASTER Degree of Computer Application (Session 2011-13)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The human mind has always dreamt of such things, which can ease his nerves by reducing the workload & make things happen more efficiently & faster. He has always wanted to find that golden key to the world of success, the world of luster.The world that can become his slave. But the world today is moving at the speed of light and every human wants to match its peace, for which he requires such mediums, which can take him ahead of the time, which has always acted as his enemy Beating the cruel time and matching with its pace is not at all easy job. One way out is to distinct things, which take you one step ahead of others. But this is not always possible by doing different things; instead the things themselves can be done in a different way. One such way for doing the same old things in a different way, and making them happen more efficiently & faster is by automation them. Automation has set the entire world on fire, by revolutionizing our lives, our work, our business & what not. The way we live today with ease & technology is an evidence of this revolution. This project is one step towards the automation of the Electricity System the main objective is to provide prompt, quality & efficient services to the staff of Electricity System.

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify the are the students of this college. They have submitted this project report entitled Electricity System for the partial fulfillment of the degree of Master in Computer Application as prescribed by the Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. During this Project development, the record of work carried out by them was under our supervision and guidance. The quality of work fairly fulfillment requirements.

Prof. Haman singh

Dept.) (lect.of Comp Science & App

Development Schedule
The work on developing the new system commenced immediately when the college assigned the project to us and thereafter we were in continuous touch with the System of Electricity and our supervisor:

Sept Oct 200 11

Requiremen t Specificatio n Design Coding Testing

Nov 2011
Phases involved in the development of the system:

2011

1. Identified needs and benefits held meeting with the management, users, studied and identifies the working of the existing system needs. 2. Prepared the software requirement specifications 3. Prepared a blueprint of the system to be built 4. Identified the functionalities to be built into modules and DFDs Flowcharts etc. 5. Pseudo code prepared and actual coding started. prepared

INTRODUCTIO N

A Project
A Project is problematic act carried out to accomplish in the mutual setting.
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Stevenson A project is a novel undertaking to create a new product or service, the delivery of which signals completion. The process of planning, designing and implementing computer system is called a project. It takes an effective manager to organize the available resources, schedules, establish standards, and complete the project in time, within budget and with successful results. It collects together a range of new idea and concepts and draw a connecting thread through: Their technological content. Their scope and degree of complexity. The nature of project work. The project leader personality traits and consequent management Styles. The meaning of the project success. The nature of fundamentally different types of project. Selection of most appropriate project leader for best chance of project success. So, we have a need to determine the nature and scope of the project we are undertaking. To clarify it, we are using here the definition given by Turner R. The work involved in the design, Fabrication and assembly of the components of the projects deliverable into the working product.

INDEX
Introduction Introduction to project System Development Life Cycle System Study and analysis Analysis Of Existing System Analysis Of Proposed System Information gathering Feasibility Study System requirements Hardware and software requirements Packaged Used Vb 6.0 Microsoft Access System design Data base Design Data Flow diagram Input Design Output Design Testing Implmentation Conclusion Future Enhancement Bibliographie

Introduction to Project
Electricity system has a number of steps to fulfill to give a new connection to a customer, a number of categories to show and a number of customer records to maintain. Hence it just becomes a compulsion to replace their existing manual system by a window based computerized system with efficient front and back end tools, like VB 6.0 and Ms Access as the need is to maintain a database able to provide the necessary information whenever required. And if we dont get such a facility it becomes a headache rather than an interesting job. So our project is a try to get them out of their problems that they have with existing system.

Project Aim: Our objective is to make a system which not merely duplicate the characteristics and effectiveness of their existing system, rather it can use the power of their existing system, rather it can use the power of window based computerized environment to do better than what normally occurs in manual system.

Avoid Documentation:
Reduce paper work Make calculations automatically Reduce the overall procedure time

 To create a New Connection:When customer request for connection. Firstly of all availability of the customer ID is checked then all the required information about the customer regarding his name, address, Ph no. etc is stored. Consumer clerk asks customer for connection type as currently two types of connections are available in the system such as (DS / NRS). According to his own requirement the customers choose the connection. Then junior engg.visit to the required locality and check the status of the connection, after that JE accept the request. Any entry can be deleted and updated to delete and update any record different forms are available.

To increment & reduction in load:When customer request for increase or reduce the load, then he visit to the electricity dept. and he give proof of the increment and reduction of the load that how many electric points are changed. Then junior engg.visit to the required locality and check the status of the connection, after that JE accept the request. Any entry can be deleted and updated to delete and update any record different forms are available. REPORTS: This section deals with generating reports. We have tried our best to provide the user with the facility of generating all the required reports. The report includes Total account number, types of connections, connected load vise reports of customer etc.

Instead of all the abovementioned points, our system also provides the facility to manage the Accounts, connection type, and to add the new information in the customer record.

Master Forms:A master form in our project is for the system of electricity. Using these Master forms new connections can be added. Any modifications regarding connections can be increased or decreased, new connections can be added or deleted, Edition options are also available. Referring to our project, this is developed with the latest combination of MICROSOFT ACCESS and VB 6.0. It becomes quite obvious that our system will provide all the necessary facilities likewise: First of all, it provides a GUI environment. Then comes the facility of all, the projects on just a click away. The delay associated with the making reports is eliminated using our system. The data is not repeatedly keyed; the chances of error are reduced. Using our system the information can be managed effectively. Customer relations can be improved through better quality and speed of service. Better security. Easiest way to modify the records of customers on the basis of the corresponding customer id. Easy understanding of all the things being seen on the screen. Very efficient user-friendly interface that improves the efficiency of the system as a whole.

 Facility of manipulating data or records relate3d to bills, customer moreover items to be served very easily.

System Development Life Cycle

What is System?
The term system is derived from Greek word system, which means an organizers relationship among functional units.

System is an orderly grouping of interdependent components linked together to a plan achieve specific objective.

System Development Life Cycle

System development process is divided into a number of phases. Software is conceived, born, developed, put into operation, maintained during operations and ultimately dies giving way to software. These phases are aptly dubbed as System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for short. In the software development process, we have to focus on the activities directly related to production of the software, for example, design, coding, and testing. A development process model specifies some activities that, according to the model, should be performed, and the order in which they should be performed. As stated earlier, for cost, quality, and project management reasons, development processes are generally phased. In general SDLC methodology follows the following steps: 1. The existing system is evaluated .Deficiencies are identified. This can be done by interviewing users of the system and consulting with support personal. 2. The new system requirements are identified. In particular, the deficiencies in the existing system must be addressed with the specific proposals and improvements. 3. The per posed system is designed. Plans are laid out concerning the physical .construction, hardware, operating system, programming, communication and .security issues. 4. The new system is developed. The new components and programs must be obtained and installed. Users of the system must be trained in its use, and all aspects of performance must be tested.

5. The system is put into use. This can be done in various ways. The new system can be phased in, according to application or location, and the hold system gradually replace. In some cases, it may be more cost effective to shut down the old system and . Implement the new system all at once. 6. Once the new system is up and running for a while, it should be exhaustively evaluated. Maintenance must be kept up rigorously at all times. Users of the System should be kept up-to-date concerning the latest modification and procedure

System development:_
This is a process consisting of two major steps of system analysis and design, starts when management pr sometimes system development personnel feel that anew system or an improvement in the existing system is required. The system development life cycle is classically thought of as the set of activities that analysis; designers and user carry out to developed and implement an information system the system development life cycle consists of the following activities. Determination if system requirement or requirement analysis Feasibility study of system Analysis of system Design of system System testing Implements

B Bill payment mode

System Life Cycle Diagram

Recognition Of Need

Feasibility Study

Analysis Phase

Design Phase

Testing

Implementation

Post- Implementation

Maintenance

Recognition of the Need:The initial step of the system development life cycle determines that the developer must know what is the problem with existing system ,before it can be solved and after knowing all these problems the developer must know what the requirements for the new system are .This needs leads to preliminary investigation whether the alternative system analyst .The system analyst defines the objective and scope of the problem. Our initial step was to analyze that method in which bargains are to be fixed and what I want to improve in that. The reorganization of the need is the main building block of the project. Requirements specifications are very important aspects of the software development. As the system grew more complex, it becomes evident that the goals of the entire system could not be easily comprehended. Hence the need for more rigorous requirements phase arose. Now for the large software system, requirement analysis is perhaps the most difficult and interactive activity. It is very error prone. To identify the needs of system we went to different hotels to gather the information like. How they place the order, how check in and checkout records are maintained.

FeasibilityThe feasibility study is used to determine if the project should get the go-ahead .If the project is to proceed, the feasibility study will produce a project plan and budget estimates for the future stages of development.

Requirement Analysis and Design:Analysis gathers the requirements for the system. This stage includes a detailed study of the business needs of the organization. Design focuses on high level design like, what programs are needs and how are going to interact, low level design and data design. During this phase the software overall design is defined. Analysis and design are more crucial in the whole development cycle. The Logical system of the product is developed in this phase.

Testing:Testing is the phase where the errors remaining from all the previous phases must be detected. Testing performs a very critical role for quality assurance and for ensuring the reliability of software. During testing, the program to be tested is executed with a set of test cases and output of program for the test cases is evaluated to determine if the program is performing

Implementation:The implementation phase is less creative than system design. It is primarily concerned with user training, site preparation and file conversion with user candidate system is linked to terminals or remote sites, the telecommunication network and tests of the network along with the system are also included under implementation. Different high level languages like c, c++, java etc era used to generate code.

Maintenance:Inevitably the system will need maintenance. Software will definitely undergo change once it is delivered to the customer. There are many reasons for the change. Change could happen because of some unexpected input values into the system. In addition, the changes in the system could directly affect the software operations .The software should be developed to accommodate changes that could happen during the post implementation period.

System Study and Analysis

Analysis of Existing System

The existing Electricity system suffers from some pitfalls because the whole working is done manually. This can be overcome through use of computerized system.

Huge paper work:

Earlier the whole working was manual, the organization has to maintain number of registers to store information that results in voluminous paper work.

Time consuming:
Doing all the work manually is very time consuming. In some cases time is a major constraint. For e.g. to keeps the records manually is a very time consuming process. Which takes lots of time and extra person are required to keep the record.

Difficulty in accessing data:

As the information is stored in different registers, so to retrieve information of a particular customer at any given time is difficult.

Data redundancy:
Maintaining different registers to store information leads to the problem of data redundancy. Some information may be duplicated in the several registers.

Data inconsistency:Due to the problem of data inconsistency the various copies of same information may no longer agree.

 Security problem: Manual system does not provide better security. Every person in the organization can access the data easily so to enforce security constraints in such a system is difficult.

Reduced speed:Due to manual system in the organization the overall speed of working reduces.

Low performance:Because of all the above-mentioned pitfalls the overall performance of the system decreases.

Difficulty in generating reports:Because the information has to be picked up from different registers there is difficulty in generating reports.

Analysis of Proposed System

The proposed system or say, the system under our project has so many capabilities, which act as its merits. That is why; the benefits overweigh its cost. The advantages are briefly discussed as below:

Security features:Our system has mainly considered the security features in a way as to open the application only after finding the user authenticated for using the system.

Compactness:As the data is stored in the databases, there is no need of voluminous paper files. High performance:Performance including throughput, response time are efficiently put in our system.

Faster processing:The speed of working in our system is much faster than the manual working, as the machines can do their jobs faster than a human. We dont have to wait for the result rather they are displayed in just a time of 100 th part of second and otherwise, we can also see status of processing through the progress bar at the bottom.

 Graphical user interface:Foremost advantage of our system is that it provides for the graphical interface, which means the operator does not need to be specialist in computers. Windows provide great help in doing things efficiently. Moreover our system is also associated with the required help topics.

Easy data access:Data can be easily access using the system. Delay associated with accessing data from different paper files can be reduced using our system.

Reduces data redundancy and inconsistency:Our system reduces the problem of data redundancy. The information is not duplicated in several files. It saves the storage space and access cost. This removes the problem of data inconsistency.

Consistent user interface:This means that no cramming of commands, their purposes. We have to do what the system is asking us for and it too through clicks only.

Easy installation:First of all, the installation of our system is very much easier through WINDOWS and also of any other software we need to install.

INFORMATION GATHERING
After defining the problem, the next step in the system analysis is together information. Information gathering is an art as well as science. The approach and manner in which information is gathered require persons with sensitivity, commonsense and knowledge of what and when to gather and what channel to use in security information. This means information gathering is neither easy nor routine. Much training, experience and preparation is required.

For gathering information, we personally meet the staff member of the Electricity Dept. by going there. Firstly we fully understand about the manual system of the Dept. such as create an Account, procedure of allot of New meter, processing of bill.

FEASIBILITY STUDY

Feasibility Study
Feasibility study is a test of system proposal according to the workability, impact on the organization, ability to meet user needs, and effective use of resource. It focuses on three major questions: What are the users demonstrable needs and how does a candidate system meet then? What resources are available for given candidate system? Is the problem worth solving? What are the likely impacts of the candidate system on the organization?

Type of Feasibility study

Mostly there are four main considerations involved in any feasibility study. Now, we will review these things considerations are related to our project.

Technical feasibility:Technical feasibility is concerned with specifying equipments (hardware and software requirement) that will successfully satisfy the user requirement. Regarding our system we can say that the company has to bear the cost of a computer system and the cost of the software i.e. loads the VB 6.0 and Microsoft Access So, our system is technically feasible also.

 Management feasibility:
It is a determination of whether a proposed system will be acceptable to the management. If the management does not have interest in the system or gives a negligible support to it, the analyst will tend to view the project as a non-feasible one. Our project is feasible in thus case also because the Dept. of the Electricity System . Wants to computerize the existing system.

Behavioral feasibility:
To be behavioral feasible it requires that the introduction of the proposed system must put special efforts to educate, sell, and train the staff of new ways of the operating system. As far as behavioral feasibility is concerned, the staff is not reluctant to any change in the system because they feel insure by it. Some people may find that the difficulty to learn and the use the machine as being restrictive and intolerable. Some may resist change in the nature of the job and increment in the responsibilities of individual. In an automated system, work may appear to become depersonalized, fragmented and restrictive. They may miss the personnel contact with their work and its associated challenges.

To reduce this insecurity is first of all tasks during analysis:

We can use some skills to reduce their harassment. We will make them sure about their job by telling them an automated system would make their task simple only. We will tell them that when they are going to be trained they can do their task efficiently.

Economic feasibility:Economic analysis is the most frequently used technique for evaluating the effectiveness of a proposed system. The thing is not to keep the costs lower rather is to keep them under companys budget. This is an ongoing effort that improves in accuracy at each phase of the system life cycle. As far our Electricity system is concerned, it is certainly economically feasible. As, the cost of system is outweighing the benefits, as already discussed, of the proposed system.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

Hardware and Software Requirements

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
The basic minimum hardware requirements for operating this project efficiently are:

Central Processing UnitType Processor Speed RAM Hard disk space Specification Intel Pentium Processor 1 GHZ or more 512 MB 40 GB and more

PeripheralsType Monitor Mouse Keyboard Printer Specification Standard Scroll Mouse Standard Colour

Storage mediaType Pen drive CD-Rom Specification 2 GB 48x/52x

SOFTWARE USED: -

M.S.ACCESS
INRODUCTION TO M.S.ACCESS FEATURES OF M.S.ACCESS

VISUAL BASIC
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC 6.0 FEATURES OF VISUAL BASIC

OPERATING SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEM FEATURES OF OPERATING SYSTEM FEATURES OF WINDOWS

PACKAGE USED

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INTRODUCTION TO MS-ACCESS
Microsoft access is a powerful database management system and also called (RDBMS) Relational database management System. It has a menu driven interface which gives the novice user a great deal of convenience in creating and handling database .It is fast becoming a very popular package due to its user friendliness features. In times where speed is of great importance. It enables faster access of data. Its easy to use for new users by clicking through mouse. Access can be use to maintain any type of database like students class report, telephone numbers, employees record, etc. After inserting the record in the database we can design the database in different ways. For example, creating queries, different types of reports, data entry forms can be designed and handle large amount of data. Microsoft access provides extensive new features designed to help you easily use the internet and develop a word by web application. Ms-access includes a new style toolbars, menu bars and shortcut menus that are easier to use and customize. Access is both a program for ordinary computer and a professional development tool. It is used for development tool. It is used for developing databases, which are used in systems. You can use it to set up a billing system or an efficient indexing system. Access is easy. The program begs you to just sit down in front of your pc and get going. And that is all you need to do, because it is great fun. It is easy to make tables, screen displays and functions. But if you want to develop an effective database you will need to do a little more. You will have to plan and be systematic.

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Features of Microsoft Access

You can import data from a Microsoft access database into your contains folder in outlook. You can also export outlook data back into Microsoft access. When you copy or cut data from Microsoft access forms and datasheets, the settings for font, alignment, and number formatting for column headings and data are retained when you paste them into Microsoft excel spreadsheets.
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When you output a report with a sub report to a .txt, .rtf or .x l s file format, the sub report is output along with the main report.

When you need the grouping and formatting functionality of Microsoft access report for data you have in Microsoft excel spreadsheet, you can click at access report on the data menu in Microsoft excel to start the Microsoft access report wizard. When a Microsoft excel spreadsheet is no longer the appropriate tool for your data, you can create a Microsoft access database from the spreadsheet by clicking convert to access on the data menu in Microsoft excel. Create a pivot table control in a Microsoft access form. Using a pivot table wizard, you can create a control on a form that allows you to summarize large amount of data using a format and calculation methods you choose. A pivot table is like a cross tab query, but you can switch the row and column heading dynamically to see different views of the data. You can link data from Microsoft excel or lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet as long as the data is arrange in an appropriate tabular format. 1. When you use Microsoft access as an active-X component Microsoft excel. you can manipulate Microsoft access objects from other application, such as

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VISUAL BASIC
Visual basic is one of the most advance languages in todays computer word. Visual basic is one of the most enjoyable languages due to its visual environment. The goal of teaching visual basic is to a new comer at time is challenging due to todays broad range of the computer skills. Visual basic provides a graphical environment in which user can visually design the forms and controls that becomes the building blocks of user application. Visual basic supports many useful tools that will help user more productive. These include, but are not limited to, projects, forms, class objects, template, customer controls, add-ins and database managers. User can create a complicated application by using these tools in short time unlike other language. Visual basic is a high-level programming language evolved from the earlier DOS version called BASIC. BASIC means Beginners. All purpose symbolic introduction code. It is a fairly easy programming language to learn. The codes look a bit like English language. Different s/w companies produced different version of BASIC, such as MS QBASIC, QUICKBASIC, GWBASIC, and IBM BASICA and so on. So it is a toll that allows us to develop windows (graphical user interface GUI) application.
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VISUAL BASIC is an event-driven programming. This is BASIC, due to its windows interface; the users may click on a certain object randomly, so each object has to be programmed independently to be able to response to those actions. Therefore, a VB program is made up of May subprogram each has its own program code and each can be executed Independently and at the same time each can be linked together in one way or another. VB is a MS windows programming language. VB program are created in an integrated development environment (IDE). The IDE allows the programmers to create, run and debug VB programs conveniently. IDE allows a program to create working programs in a fraction of the time that it would normally take a code programs without IDEs. The process of rapidly creating an application is typically referred to as Rapid Application Development (RAD). VB is the worlds most widely used RAD language.

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FEATURES OF VISUAL BASIC

Visual basic programs are very simple and easy to write. Visual basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is made of number of components. Building a useful user interface. Using the application wizard to generate a program shell instantly. It can use tools from other languages and windows applications.

It can incorporate database technologies in the programs. It is master in art of getting errors.
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It can create graphics to the screens that you design. Full set of controls we draw the applications. Lots of icons and pictures for our use. Clipboard and printer access. Array of mathematical, string and other functions. It can handle fixed and dynamic variable and control arrays. Sequential and random access files support. Useful debugs and error handling facilities. Powerful database access tools.

USER INTERFACE
The user interface is the way the user communicates with your computer. User interface specifies what the user will actually see and interact with, when the user will use the application. Before we can begin to write any code, we must design what is called the user interface. Windows based applications have a consistent user interface that helps the user to simplify point and click.

VISUAL BASIC FORMS

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A form is a display area that corresponds to a window or a dialog box that makes up the part of an applications user interface. Form is the name given for the windows in the visual basic. In addition to the form, each form has the properties associated with it. A form collection is a collection of all the loaded forms in an application. All the forms we add to an application are automatically added to a form collection.

DEVELOPING AN APPLICATION
To build an application the following steps are followed: Design the user interface. Write code to respond to user input/output

DESIGN THE USER INTERFACE

The user interface is build using the controls and setting the properties for the controls. For examples, the location of the text boxes, where the user will enter the accession no., or the location where the current date is to be displayed. The size of the command buttons; the help displayed hen the user moves the mouse around the screen, etc.

WRITE CODE TO RESPOND TO USER INPUT/OUTPUT

The code invokes the methods associated with the controls. If the user clicks on the control that displays the next record from the database, or the user
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selects a particular option, or wants to find detail of a student, etc. all such events have to be acted upon. There are a number of build-in-keywords, associated with the controls that accomplish the given task.

THE CONTROLS, PROPERTIES AND METHODS

Controls are used to perform certain activities. The controls are given some attributes that are clearly defined. All these attributes are called properties. And each control has certain properties. To action taken when the event occurs is called the method. Controls in visual basic have many build in methods. As we write the code for the various controls we will come across the methods. So, in an event driven programs, there are controls, which have properties. When and event occurs to the controls, some methods are invoked. The form too is another control. It also has properties, events occur on it and it has methods associated with it.

ADVANTAGES OF VISUAL PROGRAMMING

Visual programming enables visual development of GUI. Such user interfaces are easy to use and easy to learn. One of the principal advantages of visual programming environment is that the programmer needs not write code to display the required components. It displays a list of available components. The programmer picks the required components from this list. The component can be moved, resized and even deleted, if so required. There is no restriction in the number of controls that can be placed this way. Moreover, since the programmer is creating the user interface visually, he can align, move or size the components as required without having to resort to writing code.
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DISADVANTAGES OF VISUAL PROGRAMING

While visual programming makes it is very simple to create complex user interface, it suffers from some disadvantages: - As name implies, the entire process of developing an application using a visual development environment is visual. Thus, the development environment in itself is highly graphical in nature and therefore requires more memory. Visual development requires computers of a higher configuration in comparison to the conventional programming tools: -

LARGER CAPACITY HARDDISK & RAM FASTER PROCESSOR

Primarily, visual development environment can be used only with GUI operating system such as WINDOWS.

System

Design
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SYSTEM DESIGN
System analysis describes WHAT a system should do to meet the information needs of users. System design specific HOW the system will accomplish this objective. The term design refers to the technical specification (analogous to the architects blue prints) that will be implied in constructing the system. System design should stress on the following three activities. User interface, Data design, and Process Design. Where an interface design activity focuses on designing the interactions between end users and computer systems; the data design activity focuses on the design of the logical structure of database and files to be used by the proposed information system. Process design activity focuses on the design of the software resources, that is, the programs and procedures needed by the proposed information system.

User Interface User Interface is the front End of any software through which a user can interact with the software. User Interface must be interactive and easy so that a user can work in the user interface in easy way. VB 6.0 provides easy way to create an interactive user interface. We use many forms in our software to interact with user easily.

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Introduction to Windows Forms

Windows Forms is the new platform for Microsoft Windows application development, based on the VB 6.0 Framework. This framework provides a clear, object-oriented, extensible set of classes that enable you to develop rich Windows applications. Additionally, Windows Forms can act as the local user interface in a multi-tier distributed solution.

What is a Form?
A form is a bit of screen real estate, usually rectangular, that you can use to present information to the user and to accept input from the user. Forms can be standard windows, multiple document interface (MDI) windows, dialog boxes, or display surfaces for graphical routines. The easiest way to define the user interface for a form is to place controls on its surface. Forms are objects that expose properties, which define their appearance, methods, which define their behavior, and events, which define their interaction with the user. By setting the properties of the form and writing code to respond to its events, you customize the object to meet the requirements of your application. As with all objects in the VB 6.0 Framework, forms are instances of classes. The form you create with the Windows Forms Designer is a class, and when you display an instance of the form at run time, this class is the template used to create the form. The framework also allows you to inherit from existing forms to add functionality or modify existing behavior. When you add a form to your project, you can choose whether it inherits from the Form class provided by the framework, or from a form you have previously created. By combining different sets of controls and writing code, you can elicit information from the user and respond to it, work with existing
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Database Design

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SPLASH FORM

Description:- This is a splash form which display when we run the project.

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LOGIN FORM

Description:-This form will accept the user name and password , it will match
the user name and password if match then it will show the MDI .

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GUIDELINES FOR CONSUMER

Description:- this form will guide the consumer .

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICE USE

Description:- This form will show the guidelines for office use.

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GENRAL INFORMATION

Description:-This is the general information form which accept the general

information of customer.

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RELEASE CONNECTION

Description:- This form release the information of customer.

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METER STATUS FORM

Description:- This form show the status code of meter.

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BILL FORM

Description:- This is the main form and generate the bill according to the meter
reading.

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SEARCH FORM

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GENERAL INFORMATION REPORT

Description:- this form display the general information from the database.

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ADD USER

Description:- This form is used to add new user.

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DELETE USER ACCOUNT

Description:- This form will delete the existing user.

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CHANGE PASSWORD

Description:- This form is used to change the password of existing user.

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ABOUT US

Description:- This form shows the information about the representative of this
Project.

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GENERAL INFORMATION TABLE

Description:- This is the general information table.

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INITIAL CHARGE TABLE

Description:- this table store the value of initial charges.

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LOGIN TABLE

Description:- This table store the user name and password.

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CASH PAYMENT TABLE

Description:- This table use to store record of cash payment.

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CHEQUE PAYMENT TABLE

Description:- This table used to store the record of cheque payment.

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Data Flow Diagrams

The DFD was first developed by Larry Constantine, as a way of expressing system requirements in a graphical form. This led to a modular design. A DFD is also known as Bubble Chart. A DFD has the purpose of clarifying system requirements and identifying major transformations that will become programs in system design. So it is the starting point of the design phase that functionally decomposes the requirements specification down to the lowest level of detail.DFD are quite general and are not limited to problem analysis for SRS. DFDs show the flow of data through the system. A DFD also shows the movement of data through the different transformation or processes in the system. The processes are shown by named circle (bubbles), and arrows for entering or leaving the bubbles. A rectangle represent source or sink, and is a net originator or consumer of data. A source or a sink is typically outside the main system of study.

DFD SYMBOLS
NAME
Square Arrow Circle Open rectangle

SYMBOLS

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BILL GENERATION

DS Customer

NRS Customer

Request for bill CUSTOMER

Generate Bill

Bill CUSTOMER Money

Service charges

Extra Charges
Status

Use units

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Input Design Form

(ER DIAGRAM)

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Output Design Reports

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Output Design
After The input design next step is to design the output. In the input design we designed the forms which are used to store, manipulate, validate and to delete the record. Its no time to extract the data from database, formatting it as required and display the formatted data to a printer to obtain hardcopy. The Process of such providing functionality. To commercial applications is known as report extraction. In our project we have data reports which will extract the required data from the database. For this purpose we have designed as many as 5 reports.

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INITIAL CHARGE REPORT

Description:- This form show the initial information.

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CASH PAYMENT REPORT

Description:- This Report display the record of cash payment.

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TESTING
Testing is the phase where the errors remaining from all the previous phases must be detected. Testing performs a very critical role for quality assurance and for ensuring the reliability of software. During testing, the program to be tested is executed with a set of test cases and output of program for the test cases is evaluated to determine if the program is performing as expected. Success of testing in revealing errors in programs depends critically on cases.
NEED FOR TESTING:

Testing is a vital to the success of the system. Testing makes a logical assumption that if all part of system are correct, the goal will be successfully achieved. Inadequate testing or non testing to errors tat may not appear until months later. A small system error can can conceivable into a much larger problem effective testing early in the process translates directly into long term cost saving from a reduced no. of errors. Testing leads to software reliability, identifying and removing faults during testing software can be made reliable. this increases users confidence in the system

Types of Testing: Unit Testing Integration testing Validation Performance Program Testing System testing User acceptance testing
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Unit Testing:Unit testing tests the minimal software components or module. Each unit of the software is tested to verify that the detailed design for the unit has been correctly implemented unit testing deals with the testing unit as a whole. This would test the interaction of many functions what confine the test within one unit. The exact scope of unit is a left to interpretation .Supporting code, some times called scaffolding, may be necessary to support an individual test. This type of testing is driven by the architecture and implementations teams. This focus is also called black box testing because only the details of the interface are visible to the test. Limits that are global to a unit are tested here.

Integration testing:-During integration testing the modules are integrated. This

type of testing is performed to detect design error by focusing on testing the interconnection between modules. Integration testing, is also known as integration and testing(I&T),is a software development process which program units are combined and tested as groups in multiple ways. In this context, a unit a defined as the smallest testable part of an application.Integraton testing can expose problems with the interfaces among program components before troubles occurs in realworld program execution. Integration testing is a component of EXTREME PROGRAMING (XP),a pragmatic method of software development that takes a meticulous approach to building a product by means of continual testing. There are two major ways of carrying out an integration test, called the bottom-up method and the top-down method.

Regression testing: The selective retesting of a software system that has been
modified to ensure that any bugs have been fixed and that no other previously working functions have failed as a result and that newly added features have not created problems with previous versions of the software. Also referred to as verification testing, regression testing is initiated after a programmer has attempted to fix a recognized problem or has added source code to a program that may have inadvertently introduced errors.
Performance Testing: Performance testing can serve different purpose. It can

demonstrate that the system meets performance criteria. It can compare two systems to find which performance measure what parts of the system or workload the system to perform badly.
Program testing: A program represents the logic elements of a system. For a

program to run satisfactorily, it must compile and test correctly and tie in properly
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with other program. Achieving an error free program is responsibility of the programmer.
Program Testing Is Of Two Types:1. Logical Testing

2. Syntax Testing
Logical Testing:-

A logical error deals with incorrect data fields, out of range items and invalid combinations, since diagnostics do not detect logical error, the programmer must examine the output carefully for them.
Syntax testing:-

A syntax error is a program statement that violates one or more rules of the language in which it is written. An improperly defined field dimension or omitted key words are commonly syntax error.
System Testing:-

System testing is designed to uncover weakness that was not found in earlier tests. This includes forced system failure and validation of the total system as it will be implementation by its in the operational environment. The total system is tested for the recovery and fallback after various major failures to ensure that no data are lost during the emergency.
Acceptance Testing:-

An acceptance test has the objective of getting verification and reliability of users system. It verifies that systems procedure operates to system specifications and the integrity of vital data maintained.

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A Software Testing Strategy

The software engineering process may be viewed as the rectangle. Initially, system engineering defines the role of software and leads to software requirements analysis, where the information domain, function, behavior, performance, constrains and validation criteria for software are established. Moving inward along the rectangle, we come to design and finally to coding. To develop computer software, we rectangle, we come to design and finally to coding. To develop computer software, we rectangle inward along streamlines that decrease the level of abstraction on each turn.

System Engineering Validation Testing Integration Unit Testing Code Unit Testing Code

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A strategy for software testing may also be viewed in the context of the diagram. Unit testing begins at the spiral and concentrate on each unit of software as implemented in source code. Testing program by moving outward along the rectangle integration testing, where the focus is on design and construction of software architecture. Taking another turn outward we encounter validation testing, where requirements established a part of software that has been constructed. Finally, we arrive at system testing, where the software and other system elements are tested as whole.

Two Testing Approaches Have Been Adopted For Testing

White Box Testing (WBT) Black Box Testing (BBT)

White Box Testing(WBT):- In white box testing approach, the close

examination of procedural detail is done. Logical path through the software are tested by cases that exercise specific set of conditions and loops. In the software system it is essential that WBT should be done for the program of vital important because this is very tedious and time consuming. Thus through WBT, we are able to test all the independent paths within a module, all logical decisions on their boundaries within their operational bound were exercise and internal data structure to assure their validity were excised once. After the successful completion of WBT, BBT method that is complementary method was considered.

Black Box Testing(BBT):- The BBT method enables the engineer to

drive sets of input condition that will fully exercised all functional requirements for a program into classes of data from which test cases can be derived.

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Equivalence classes are divided according to the following guidelines:-

In an input condition specifies range, then one valid and two equivalence classes are defined. If an input condition requires a specific value one valid two invalid equivalence classes are defined. If an input condition specifies a member a set of one valid equivalence class and one invalid Equivalence class is defined. If an input condition is Boolean, on valid and one invalid class is defined. After testing a module it is important to test software as a whole for which we have chose the top down integration approach, which is an incremental
approach to the construction of the program structure.

Program Testing:- A program represent the logic elements of a system. For a program to run satisfactorily, it must compile and test correctly and tie in properly with other program. Achieving an error free program is responsibilities of the programmer. Program testing is of two types:a) Logical error. b) Syntax error.
Syntax Error:- A syntax error is a program statement that violates one or more

rules of the language in which it is written. An improperly defined field dimension or omitted key words are commonly syntax error. These errors are shown through errors messages generated by the computer.
Logical Error:- A logical error deals with the incorrect data fields out of range

items and invalid combination since diagnostics do not Detect logical error ;the programmer must examine the output carefully for them. System Testing:- System testing is designed to uncover weakness that was not found in earlier tests. This includes forced system failure and validation of the total system as it will be implemented by its users in the operational environment. Generally, it begins with low volume of transactions type is reached. The total

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system is also tested for recovery and the feedback after various major failures to ensure that no data are lost during the emergency.

IMPLEMENTATION

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Implementation
The implementation phase is less creative than system design. It is primarily concerned with user training, site preparation and file conversion with user candidate system is linked to terminals or remote sites, the telecommunication network and tests of the network along with the system are also included under implementation. Implementation of the system involves the following:

Training: Training is provided to the user of the system and the operator because they are the ones who will be dealing with the system. Training plays a very important role as even a technically elegant system fails due to poor quality of training. The methods of rendering training differ from person to person. In case of operator training, the focus is to let them handle entry procedures and vital data etc.In case of user training, user is explained the fundamental operation of computers along with the basic knowledge of hardware. System testing checks the readiness and accuracy of the system to access, update and retrieve data from new files. Once the program becomes available test data are read into the computer and processed against the file provided for testing. If successful, the program is then run with live data. Otherwise the diagnostic procedure is used to locate and correct in the program.

Conversion:Process of changing from old system to the new one is known as conversion. There is various method of handling system conversion. However, the pros and cons of each method should be evaluated before deciding on the final approach. This precaution is very necessary because the success or failure of entire project depends on it. The methods of conversion are:
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Direct conversion:

In this type of conversion, all the users stop using the old system at the same time, and then begin using the new system. This option is fast but disruptive.

Parallel conversion:-

Users continue to use the old system while an increasing amount of data is processed through the new system. The output from two systems is compared, if they agree, switch is made. This option is useful for further live testing of the new system, but is fairly time intensive because both systems are operating at the same time.
Phased conversion:-

A user starts using the new system component by component. This options works only for system that can be compartmentalized. Pilot conversion:Personnel in a single pilot site to use the new system, then the entire organization makes the switch. Although this approach takes more time than the other type of conversion, it gives opportunity to test user response to the system thoroughly.

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CONCLUSION

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Conclusion
A Lot of efforts have been put to develop the project titled ELECTRICITY SYSTEM At last we declare that this package is good effort to accomplish the computerized ELECTRICITY SYSTEM in the Dept. The existing manual system, as experienced was having so many shortcomings like brain storming, data maintained, paper wastage and time consuming processes. The major drawback of the existing system as complained by many students, that enquires are not answered in time are removed in the system. The system provides the management of different process used in the Electricity system, if required another feature of the system is that the user can get different reports, which can get. So, this was all before the implementation of the system, which is to be done. We have tried our best to use all latest techniques.

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ENHANCEMENT

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Future Enhancement
This system is designed in such a way that any future enhancement in the system can be according to the requirement of the user. If new fields related to New Connections, and billing system is to be added in the system can be easily adjusted. Scope has been left for changes in the existing system with aim to improve performance and defectiveness of the system. New field can be added with the require changes in the front end as well as back end. The new system has been devised keeping in mind the need of user. Therefore, user is prime concern. All the enhancement will be maid keeping in mind the changes or addition in the system. These changes can be easily made with our system. If an addition is required that can be made.

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So there is always scope of system to be better again with time and users need .Enhancement will be made as and when required by the user.

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BILL RECEIPT

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