What kind of programming??

[craigographics]

I have an idea for a program that is fairly simply, not much more complicated than an address book. Using Excel and VBA, I have been able to get a rough idea of how it would work/look.
I might be willing to pay someone to write it for me, but I don't know what kind of programming experience would be needed, so I don't know who to ask.
I would like the program to run on Windows 98 and up, and maybe down the road, on a Mac. It consists of about 30 fields, with some modest calculations.

When I look for programmers via search engines, I get a ton of web builders, some C++, Perl, etc. I have no clue which of these services can do what I want. As I mentioned, I figured out how to get what I want done with Excel and VBA, so it can't be THAT difficult. I would expect someone with 1-2 years of programming should be able to do it in a few weeks using whatever.

(The problem with MY version is that you need Excel. If I can develop a marketable product, I don't want to limit myself only to customers that have Excel. It should be it's own program.)
Any advice is welcome.

[NeedHelp]

I would search for (windows) developers using C#, C++ (MFC would be better than .NET), Delphi or Visual Basic. This would be simple in any of those languages. I'm guessing the bulk of what you would find is C++ or Visual Basic. Also remember, if the person develops it using .NET libraries the user *must* have these installed or it will not work so your application may be limited to who can use it.

[WillB]

I would charge less to write in something like Flex or Coldfusion. In a web application it would be easier to charge, and you wouldn't have to require users to have anything but the internet.

Also, if you use a web application, you can use something like PayPal to record money, and a Microsoft Access document, or simlar products that supports database-like commands.

Webhosting sites charge less than it would take you to create your own standalone product that people would have to buy, and then later install.