You might want to consider using Java ... As far as I heard a lot of Java is going on at the Church ;)
Kind regards, Manfred Riem [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.manorrock.org/ Founding Java Champion https://java-champions.dev.java.net/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Slide Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:10 AM To: LDS Open Source Software Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Re: HT and VT Tool On 5/18/07, Sean M. Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benjamin, > I've actually, for the past couple of months, been working on something similar to this. I too have been working on something like this :-) Great minds think alike. Personally, for me as Ward Clerk, I find it hard to keep up with the many baptisms, Priesthood advancements, etc (we have a very large ward with an average of 3 new families moving in per week) we have going on. I've been developing a set of Python scripts to import data from the exports into a local database. Then, I have a cron job that every Sunday night sends out an email with upcoming baptisms for the next month as well as Priesthood advancements for the next Sunday (or for two Sundays ahead). The reporting is currently based on a plug-in architecture, where the report information is stored in the database per leader (e.g., the Bishop can receive just the new people who's records arrived, the Executive Secretary can get just the baptisms and Priesthood Advancements, etc). Its all still in a very alpha stage, but I'd like to hear ideas that other people have. I was planning on possibly adding a web frontend using Pylons. I'd like to see something like be able to run on the computer in the Church building, but I don't think that will happen any time soon :-) Open sourcing MLS would make stuff like this really easy, I certainly hope it will happen some day. slide _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
