Re: Funds for Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-23 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi - A third party entity could be formed to pay for development. An architecture and roadmap created either “there” or in the AOO project. Then developers could be recruited and paid. Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2017, at 4:03 PM, Andrea Pescetti

Re: Funds for Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Peter kovacs wrote: How about creating a project plan, estimates for a budget and then start a campaign? I think that getting money would not be the hardest part. The hardest part would be to find people who are trusted and competent enough. The code is complex and different people have

Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-21 Thread FR web forum
>We are not in the position to put money into the project. However, we can >Collect money for this project, and pay developers. That should be >possible. We also willing to invest some menpower. Thanks to keep us up to date if you funds this filter. Through a crowdfunding website?

Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-20 Thread Raphael Bircher
Hi all. Am .10.2017, 17:16 Uhr, schrieb Dave Fisher : Hi Damhan, Sent from my iPhone On Oct 20, 2017, at 12:21 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: I've looked at Apache POI before and even wrote a minimal filter that saves text cells in Calc to XLSX,

Funds for Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-20 Thread Peter kovacs
@Andrea you said if we want to do something we should reach out. So I think this might be a thing: How about creating a project plan, estimates for a budget and then start a campaign? We could also check if we can staff the team introducing the people to interested financiers. Which dev would

Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-20 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Damhan, Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2017, at 12:21 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > > I've looked at Apache POI before and even wrote a minimal filter that saves > text cells in Calc to XLSX, see my email on 22 December 2015. > > Reading OOXML in Apache POI is

Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-19 Thread Peter kovacs
During Apache POI is a cool idea. I will have a look at the weekend. I am in general interested in improving OOXML but I am still very slow in getting towards dev productivity. ( today is my certificate exam in ab initio, when I pass openoffice can move up my priority list again. YAY!) Raphael

Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-19 Thread Raphael Bircher
Hi Dave Am .10.2017, 04:20 Uhr, schrieb Dave Fisher : Hi - If we can use Java then Apache POI has OOXML support. You mean, use POI as a library in Apache OpenOffice? Regards, Raphael -- My introduction https://youtu.be/Ln4vly5sxYU

Re: Open XML Filter

2017-10-19 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi - If we can use Java then Apache POI has OOXML support. Regards, Dave > On Oct 19, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Raphael Bircher wrote: > > Hi all > > Who is willing to work on the Open XML Filters? I have to explain you, why > I'm asking. > > In the past few month, I