Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] Link Office Word form document with data from PostgreSQL
Il 30.03.2015 15:01, Vincent Veyron ha scritto: Hi, I use Perl for this. The process is : -unzip the .docx document, and look for /word/document.xml in the resulting directory -substitute field names with their values in this file (I don't use MS Word 'fields', though, just placeholders that are unlikely to be found in documents, such as client_name, client_address, facturation_date, etc) -zip the archive anew with a .docx extension Voilà. The code is about 40 lines long, I can post it if you care; the same process also works with Libre/OpenOffice documents Hi Vincent, could you please post the code? That would be very nice. Thank you vince -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] Link Office Word form document with data from PostgreSQL
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:37:28 +0200 Vincenzo Campanella vin...@gmail.com wrote: Stirling Newberry stirling.newbe...@gmail.com wrote: post the code Here you go : http://pastebin.com/eVXZiFws This is a mod_perl module used in the HeaderParser phase of the Apache request cycle; it first grabs the sql associated with the model, and passes parameters to it; this sql is used to retrieve the required values for the model, and the placeholders in the document are replaced with those values. The user is then redirected to the newly created document You can see it in action in the demo account of the site referenced in my signature : open any file (those are legal files/insurance claims), click on the 'Contributors' tab (third tab from left; add a contributor if none is present), and click on 'Templates'. Click on the template to generate a document -- Salutations, Vincent Veyron https://legalcase.libremen.com/ Legal case, contract and insurance claim management software -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] Link Office Word form document with data from PostgreSQL
thank you all for your responses. I think to easiest option for me would be to use the ODBC connection. Now my problem is where to start with the VBA code; but that's for another list. cheers On 30 March 2015 at 19:51, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:37:28 +0200 Vincenzo Campanella vin...@gmail.com wrote: Stirling Newberry stirling.newbe...@gmail.com wrote: post the code Here you go : http://pastebin.com/eVXZiFws This is a mod_perl module used in the HeaderParser phase of the Apache request cycle; it first grabs the sql associated with the model, and passes parameters to it; this sql is used to retrieve the required values for the model, and the placeholders in the document are replaced with those values. The user is then redirected to the newly created document You can see it in action in the demo account of the site referenced in my signature : open any file (those are legal files/insurance claims), click on the 'Contributors' tab (third tab from left; add a contributor if none is present), and click on 'Templates'. Click on the template to generate a document -- Salutations, Vincent Veyron https://legalcase.libremen.com/ Legal case, contract and insurance claim management software
Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] Link Office Word form document with data from PostgreSQL
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 1:51 PM, avpro avpro avprowebe...@gmail.com wrote: thank you all for your responses. I think to easiest option for me would be to use the ODBC connection. Now my problem is where to start with the VBA code; but that's for another list. cheers On 30 March 2015 at 19:51, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:37:28 +0200 Vincenzo Campanella vin...@gmail.com wrote: Stirling Newberry stirling.newbe...@gmail.com wrote: post the code Here you go : http://pastebin.com/eVXZiFws This is a mod_perl module used in the HeaderParser phase of the Apache request cycle; it first grabs the sql associated with the model, and passes parameters to it; this sql is used to retrieve the required values for the model, and the placeholders in the document are replaced with those values. The user is then redirected to the newly created document You can see it in action in the demo account of the site referenced in my signature : open any file (those are legal files/insurance claims), click on the 'Contributors' tab (third tab from left; add a contributor if none is present), and click on 'Templates'. Click on the template to generate a document -- Salutations, Vincent Veyron https://legalcase.libremen.com/ Legal case, contract and insurance claim management software If PHP is an option, you might want to look at the Tiny But Strong template system (http://www.tinybutstrong.com/), along with the OpenTBS plugin ( http://www.tinybutstrong.com/plugins/opentbs/demo/demo.html). We used it to replace some homegrown code similar to what Vincent described that directly manipulated the document. There are enough idiosyncracies among the file formats that I've been much happier using the TBS code. I think this is especially true if you are merging multiple records into a single, repeating template document as opposed to doing a single set of replacements. Cheers, Ken -- AGENCY Software A Free Software data system By and for non-profits *http://agency-software.org/ http://agency-software.org/* *https://agency-software.org/demo/client https://agency-software.org/demo/client* ken.tan...@agency-software.org (253) 245-3801 Subscribe to the mailing list agency-general-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?body=subscribe to learn more about AGENCY or follow the discussion.
