On 19 March 2010 06:14, Mark Barazzuol <[email protected]> wrote: > I stumbled upon Kexi when desperate for a MsAccess type of solution for > linux. While I'm checking out version 1.1.3, I'm very impressed with what > you have and what you are planning. Some features are already easier and > simpler than Access. I'm even more surprised when I see how small your > team is. So thank you for doing this. > > I find I'm waiting for two features before I dive in. > > The first is more event hooks for the forms. I'm really happy to see you > are doing those. > > The second is another scripting option than Ruby or Python. I was wondering > why you guys didn't choose something similar in structure to C as it seems > to be the best known, and may provide the lowest barrier of entry. > Javascript may do the trick. I just need it better explained how to hook > them up to events, buttons etc. And clearer examples of how to create a > dynamic SQL statement for running queries, updating / deleting rows etc. > > I'm looking forward to Kexi 2.2. Please keep up the hard work. And thank > you again.
Mark, thanks for your kind words! Scripting in javascript is possible using (via http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Kross) however it needs polishing and dedicated users that work with us actively on improving things. Also the documentation (it's easy to contribute on userbase wikis!) As for hooks in forms - my personal goal here is to let the user forget about scripting as long as possible, thus having more friendly solution than MSA where in order to have e.g. a tree widget, one needs to load DLL/OCX and use fragile and complex VBA-VB bridges. You're invited to https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kexi mailing list and the #kexi IRC channel. -- regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek Kexi & KOffice (http://www.kexi-project.org, http://www.koffice.org) KDE Software Development Platform on MS Windows (http://windows.kde.org) _______________________________________________ Kexi mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kexi
