As for exporting Excel to XML/SVG, I wrote a VBA script to iterate all shapes in worksheet and export them to XML using MSXML.
I am working slowly on writing XSLT to convert this Excel_XML into SVG now. I need to use path to mimic the Excel autoshapes in SVG. But b/c the autoshape's path changes when excel user adjusts those free handles, it is too laborous to take care of all autoshapes in SVG. I may end up with only couple of the autoshapes. BTW, the Save to XML in Excel will discard all drawings. Tao --- In [email protected], Marjorie Roswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello SVG Developers, > > I'm an eager learner. Bought a bunch of SVG books, am making my way > (for starters) through the O'Reilly SVG Essentials (I'm half done.) > > It seems to me that, while learning about shapes is fairly > straightforward...that getting to interactive mapping with SVG > requires a boatload of expertise. So, I'm curious about the > development environments that people like to work in. I've tried > Inkscape, SVG Composer, and a slew of others, but even so, everything > out there seems geared toward the geometry and not the interactive > stuff. (These are great tools, for instance, to help me through SVG > Essentials!) > > It looks like xtreme software has a tool for rapid SVG development, > but they don't have a trial on their site (I've asked if they could > put one up.) > > Virtual Mechanics has an "Engine" that does sophisticated interaction, > but it appears only to export to SVG. > > In my early understanding, it also appears that interactive design can > be done via javascript, and/or XLST (a term which was completely new > to me before delving into this) > > BTW, I just sent the W3 tutorial to Kinko's, and noticed that the 75+ > page PDF file has a good chapter on interaction. I'll be picking up a > bound copy after sending this email. > http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/www2002-svgtut-ih/hwtut.pdf > > Anyhow, just gut instinct, but it seems to me that the world needs > some good widgets for SVG interactivity built into a full program. > > So: basic question is: > > What development environment are you working in that most facilitates your work? > > (For folks writing in Javascript is there a javascript development > tool you use, for instance?) > > (By the way, I'm in an environment at work where the management > doesn't like open source. I'm personally interested in using open > source tools, but for work, I'm expecting to be generating stuff from > ColdFusion, or ASP, or SQLServer, if/when I figure out how to do so. ) > > One question that most intrigued me on this list (and I never saw an > answer) was how to get data from XML generated by Excel into an > interactive SVG. > > A note that I'm keeping a blog as I grow my SVG skills: > http://SVGMapper.blogspot.com/ ... > It's essentially a repository for great links, as I find them. > > (I will be working my way through SVG tutorials on carto.net once I"m > done with the Essentials book. That, plus the pilat.free.fr stuff > looks great!) > > So: your development environments please! (and any insight, especially > on tools for developing interactive maps.) > > Sincerely, > > Margie > > P.S. One personal goal is to find a dataset on hospital-caused deaths > (the non SVG challenge, to get the data) and then map them with pie > charts sized by value on geographic entities such as states or by > hospital. (I'll be exporting geographic entities into SVG from > MapInfo.) A young friend of mine died of an infection, and if > workplace needs weren't enough to motivate me (and they are!) I'm also > highly motivated by the prospect of displaying data on "iatrogenic" > deaths. I'm "driven." Driving, but not qute there yet. > > Wondering if you're working in a text-based environment for > interactive development, or something else... eager to know and > learn... ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
