Hey everyone.
    i am fairly new to all this programming stuff, i have a pretty good understanding on how computers work and programs. anyways...get to buisness. my dilema is i am trying to create a program that will allow users to check-in and check-out equipment that i am in charge of at work, at the time being we are using log books inwhich is a big waste of paper. my GOAL is to have a program that has selectable buttons which are the Equipment category IE Tow Tractor, once this button is clicked it will list more buttons for each serialized PIECE of equipment, IE S/N UAS177 (this is a serial number of a tow tractor) if this button is selected i'd like it to open up and the personell can enter specific information on themselves so i know who its checked out to... if anyone can help or needs to know any more kinds of information to help me let me know.    Hello, scoobz1234.
It sounds to me like You are trying to build a database. Well there are number of programs to do it, such as MS Access, Fox Pro, Sybase... I like FoxPro, but the choise is up to You i know that its going to have to refer to a database in some sort, but rather just a basic database im looking for a little more INTERACTION, I.E the Buttons and windows n such.

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here is a picture of what im kind of looking for...You're going top need a full-up application.   Either a web-forms app or a web-app.  Forms means writing code that handles all of the windows stuff with text boxes, buttons, etc and a database that it talks to.  A web-app is something that is activated by a browser and runs some code in the fore-ground that shows the text boxes, buttons, etc and a database that it talks to in the background.

The language that you write this system in can be Visual Basic, Visual C#, Basic, C#, C++, PhP, and many more.  The databases are listed above and there are also many more.

If you are new to computer programming I'd suggest learning how to write programs before attempting to write a program from scratch.  Some people do programming for a living.i wrote my program and it works awesome! Thanks guys