alexk345:
Can it be usable inside the game?
Yes it can ... it was written in Excel ver 2007, and runs on both the Windows machine and Mac with Excel 365.
I haven't bothered keeping it up to date. The plan was to release it as shareware ... that means if you like it and use it, you pay for it (with a sleeve of golf balls). I guess only 10 people actually use it ... I only received 10 sleeves of golf balls for that release.
As for writing something useful for everyone, you'll need to put together a workable database ... SQL Lite is okay ... just is a memory hog. So is MySQL ... and you need to get a license to use it on a deployed program.
XML is free ... takes up a ton of memory (dynaset) but really works well. You'll need to setup an XML database for each course ... and watch the data you are saving.
Whatever you choose, remember you're sharing the user's memory with the other open applications ... don't be a memory hog!
Good luck, Alex ... it's a lot of hard work putting together an ap you can market and deploy.
Kat ♥