Karen: Someday, Kumbayaah, we'll all buy the world a Coke, and - among other wholesome and salutary advancements - the NIH syndrome will recede into the dim and murky past.
Ah, sometimes we can only but dream ... Bruce SafeSectors, Inc. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Reports to Excel > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, March 10, 2010 11:16 am > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > > > Oh, how I wish I could think outside the box with this client... > This is the client that told me 5 years ago that RBase would > be wiped clean from their organization, because it was to be > replaced with a multi-million$ custom app. The fact that RBase > has survived and is actively used as an adjunct to this other > program is a fact they choose to ignore. They very reluctantly pay > me to make changes to the programs, haven't renewed my contract > in those 5 years because they don't want to admit that I am > still being used ... No way could my contact there get permission > for me to create a run-time app, distribute the app to dozens of > countries. Trust me, ain't gonna happen. BTW: this is still in > 6.5... Everything I do for them has to be low-profile and on the cheap > otherwise they will dump RBase altogether. I hold out hope that > someday I can talk this department into upgrading to 7.6. > > Karen > > > > I'm thinking the problem here is an inside-the-box attachment to Excel, > > because that is what the client knows. > > > > Time to escape the spreadsheet box. > > > > Why not develop and distribute an R:Base run-time app where each > > factory: > > > > 1) Receives the exported data directly into local tables; > > 2) Formats and prints reports locally for hard-copy distribution and > > markup, if that's how they do it, and/or: > > 3) Makes their data changes/additions through the local interface; > > 4) Exports the data back to the mothership. > > > > Eliminates all the fooling around with manual reformatting, eliminates > > data duplication, preserves the integrity of the information and helps > > pay the overhead in Murraysville. > > > > They'll thank you. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Bruce Chitiea > > SafeSectors, Inc
