I am working on a simple little program to track and manage the orders my son's Boy Scout Troop's fund raiser.
The basic idea is that there is going to be a data entry application for entering orders as they are mailed in. Different people will have this stand alone application. Each person will generate his/her own data offline from the main data store. From time to time, each person's data will need to be synced with the main data store. I plan to make this personal data store an XML file and the main data store an OO spreadsheet that will also contain other information such as expenses. What is the best way for my to sync the XML files with the OO spreadsheet? I see three options: 1: Store the OO spreadsheet as XML and simply do everything in the languages I know best. 2: Write a stand along program (or build it into the data entry program) a way to sync the XML and OO spreadsheet. 3: Write a macro in the OO spreadsheet to do the syncing. I like the idea of #1, but I am concerned about how intuitive that will be for others if and when I am not around. I like the second option the best but am concerned about the learning curve. Most all my 13 years as a Windows programmer has been doing C++ and I know COM very well. From looking at the API, it looks like it is all very COM like. Option 3 seems to be a bit of a pain, especially when it comes to debugging, but might actually be the easiest to implement and maintain. Sam --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
