[ncolug] Re: I am not a programmer!
- From: Kory Pounds <kory.pounds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 11:14:20 -0400
Chuck,
PACLE was real simple. I used the final project in my Visual Basic
class at NCTC (which I had saved) as the foundation for the
programming/GUI interface/operations for the PACLE CD project.
It is real simple. A single PDF was made from each mail piece (with
the logo merged in - psmergetif, remember? - , just like it would look
after it rolls off our presses). Each PDF had a unique name (eight
digit starting at 00000001.pdf I believe). There was a corresponding
csv file created where each line contained the info for each lawyer,
including his corresponding PDF file name. When someone at PACLE ran
the program it would load up the ID-sorted csv file by default (I
believe. there was also the Last Name-sorted csv version which they
could switch to in the GUI program). From the drop-down box, they
could choose their lawyer, his info would be displayed in the
different text boxes and the program would check to see if the CD
currently in the drive matched the CD that its PDF would be on. If the
right CD wasn't in there, then it would prompt the user to insert the
correct one. After doing so, it would display the PDF in the main
window below.
A regular run, (Preliminary or Final) produced four CD's. The
Auxiliary run was smaller and just made one CD. I am sure there was a
better way of programming an application for something like this, but
it worked enough for that time and I already had the knowledge and the
actually VB programming to write it up.
So what type of application are you looking for compared to this?
Kory
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Chuck Stickelman
<cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 10:10 -0400, Kory Pounds wrote:
>> Chuck,
>>
>> Exactly what kind of PDF work (needed for your ideas here) from MSC
>> are you referring to here? Thanks.
>>
>
> The Pennsylvania attorneys CD project. Remember where we had a PDF form
> that used XFDF files for the variable data. What I'm trying to find is
> something that will work like that but also be able to save the data to
> disk as a completed PDF and/or a user-selectable file (could be text or
> formatted like XFDFs).
>
> I like the idea of the solution being based on PDF since everyone has
> Acrobat Reader... and it's a nice container for this sort of thing...
> But all of my research suggests that Adobe has intentionally made this
> difficult. If there's a better solution, then I'm willing to explore...
>
> Chuck
>
>> Kory "The Perl Guru" Pounds
>>
>> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Chuck Stickelman
>> <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I have a need and I think it's going to end up requiring some
>> > programming. I am working on a project for a Grad School class in
>> > Structured On-The-Job Training (S-OJT). For this project I am to
>> > develop a S-OJT module for a real business. The business is the
>> > Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. There is a chance that this project could
>> > turn into something "real" in the future, so I'd like to make my
>> > proposal as slick as possible.
>> >
>> > I would like a way to track individual employee training. For each work
>> > location, I want the manager to be able to select the level of the
>> > employee's competency. I could use terms common to S_OJT for the levels
>> > (Novice, Specialist, Experienced Specialist, Expert, Master). But, I
>> > would like to customize this to fit the track's motif. One idea I've
>> > had is to use racing flag colors to indicate the level of training.
>> > (The Checkered flag would = Mastery!)
>> >
>> > My dream for this would be a PDF Form where we could select the flag
>> > color for each work location & person (a nicely colored table...). Once
>> > the manager edited employee competencies, he could Print/Save the
>> > changes. (Kory, I'm thinking PDF/XFDF kinds of stuff you did for me at
>> > MSC... Can a PDF form write an XFDF file to a local hard drive?)
>> >
>> > Thoughts!?
>> > Chuck
>> >
>> >
>> >
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