Hi, We have developed something similair that uses Microsoft Word, basically you set up Word based templates, with tags (simple words)that reside on some windows server somewhere.
You then create a UV record in a file that defined how to merge the templates together to create the final document - the record contains the document names aswell as it's tag name and tag value. The use of Universe records allow us to conditionally include certain templates or exclude then based on business data residing on UV. In the UV you specify output option - PRINT, EMAIL OR view UVSockets is then used to communicate with the windows server to send the record for processing. The result is a complete PDF document. The windows server then sends the document to cient (print/view) or email's it It works really well, and allows out client to send us the templates, without us having to worry aboput formatting etc I'm current trying to port the logic to Java using POI. We've also done a excel export (much more intricate) and it works on Java. Mac -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathleene M Hunter Sent: 08 Jul 2008 16:06 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] UniObjects - read .rtf doc from UV server Sounds like you came up with a simple but effective way to do document management. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louie Gouws Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] UniObjects - read .rtf doc from UV server Hi Tony, It is a VB.Net application. Using UO.Net to interface with UniVerse. The System Administrator must set up a template of two documents. There are rules on how to do these documents. It is pulled into a richtextbox in VB. Where bold, italic, bullets etc. can be used. These documents will "sit" on the UV Server. Other users will "get" these document templates - the application will fill in the tags (e.g. <Date> will be replaced with the date in the correct format, <Name> will be replaced with the real name etc.) The user then will have the option to print this document. The completed document will then (with unique key) be written to the UV Server. That's about it Louie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: 07 July 2008 22:02 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] UniObjects - read .rtf doc from UV server I understand you aren't going to use Word and that you have your solution. Just so that we understand how you're using the environment, I'm curious about exactly what the application for a Rich Text document is. It looks like you're allowing users to create templates which are used to populate data. I'm wondering who is creating the templates and who is consuming the final document - that would affect the choice of tools. I've found that very frequently people ask "how do I do _this_" when _this_ isn't really the best way to handle the real business problem. It's the difference between strategic and tactical, and while some people get a little miffed with some asks about their approach, sometimes another set of eyes/ears can improve the tactical approach a great deal - or in this case help any of us tackling a similar problem. T Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ __________ NOD32 3253 (20080709) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
