[NTLUG:Discuss] Office forms

[Randall Gibson]

Sorry for Continuing this thread, but I think it would be easier to just show you what I am using now. I am sorry if what I was describing wasnt clear. Of course youll need Star Office to open it.

http://www.tvec.net/users/wabbit/

Thanks again for everyones time:)

On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:12:38 Christopher Browne wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:25:42 EST, the world broke into rejoicing as
> Randall Gibson <wabbit at tvec.net>  said:
> >	Well, I have tried about all Office packages, and Word processors
> >that I can, and none seem to support Forms and most dont have any of the
> >features like text boxes and drop down menu's. I could not try Wordperfect
> >(Office) 2K because there is, as far as I can tell, a free download for
> >it. Same with ApplixWare. I am not going to pay for them if I am not
> >sure they will do as I need. I have no problem with paying for software,
> >even in Linux, but not throwing it to the wind :) 
> 
> Ah.  That helps tell what you're _actually_ looking for.  You want to be
> able to fill in forms using a "field-oriented" user interface, as opposed
> to merely creating documents where you manually "fill in the blanks."
> 
> In _that_ case, WordPerfect _isn't_ the right product, although the
> port of the Borland Paradox database system that is included with 
> Corel Office Deluxe could be.
> 
> Lyx/KLyx aren't the right options, unless you were to write a program
> using some other tool that generates a database, and then write another
> program that reads the database and turns it into Lyx documents.
> 
> ApplixWare includes an "application generator" they call SHELF, which
> is available freely, which you might use to generate dialogs to generate
> forms; it would be something of a programming job.
> 
> With the degree of confusion that arose in what you meant by 
> "supporting forms," I think you need to describe what you're looking
> for a bit more precisely.  I'm not sure that it even has anything to
> do with a word processor, which strikes me as a bit of a spurious
> requirement.
> 
> - There are some web application frameworks that might be pretty usable
>   to prepare the forms that you want;
> - Applix's SHELF might be usable for the purpose;
> - Borland Paradox should be suitable, albeit _definitely_ not available
>   in a free form.
> 
> But to get more coherent answers, I think you really need to give a more
> precise description of the requirements, including some indication of
> which of the requirements are actually required, and which are merely
> what you're assuming implementation would involve.
> --
> cbbrowne at hex.net - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/framewrk.html>
> Microsoft spel chekar vor sail, worgs grate !!
> -- <leitner at inf.fu-berlin.de>, Felix von Leitner
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