[ncolug] Re: I am not a programmer!
- From: Chuck Stickelman <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 11:25:01 -0400
What I am looking for is a single "document" that can be used to
edit/display/print information in tabular format. The data will be 1
row per person with columns for Name, and each of 18 work locations.
The values for each of the data cells will show the training level of
that employee at that location. Ideally, I'd like to color-code those
levels and co-ordinate the colors with those used in racing...
I DO NOT want an executable or anything anyone has to "install". I also
want to make sure that the end-user can see only the data and a minimal
set of controls, they also should not be able change anything but the
data.
Chuck
On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 11:14 -0400, Kory Pounds wrote:
> 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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