I have that problem. A solution is an ultra lite SQLite window to play along side existing spread sheet packages. Then just get read and write to the spreadsheet happening.
I did that simply with R; I reasoned Windows was smart enough to handle files, so I just read and write files netween SQLite and R. It should be just as simple with any good spreadsheet. On 5/17/10, Olaf Schmidt <s...@online.de> wrote: > > "Gilles Ganault" <gilles.gana...@free.fr> schrieb im > Newsbeitrag news:uk03v5h4ovo8un5hq68ldbotuf1fujr...@4ax.com... >> On Mon, 17 May 2010 18:59:36 +0200, "Olaf Schmidt" >> <s...@online.de> wrote: >> >I'd say, what you're looking for (in case a "softer" migration >> >of Excel-VBA-Devs is planned) is more a library IMO - >> >and not an "Application". >> >> Thanks, I'll check it out. Ideally, I was looking for a tool that >> would read data entry forms from an external file and allow >> users to create/edit records through a GUI without my writing >> an app specifically for them. > > Well, in that case it boils down to: how complex these > "data entry-forms" may be (if I assume, that the *user* > needs to be able, to edit these "external files" with a > simple TextEditor, to define the "forms behaviour" > and the "recordwise scrollable Edit-Fields" which > need to be contained there) - otherwise I do not see, > why the user should not use the (VB-Macro) IDEs of > either Excel or OpenOffice-Calc directly. > > Hmm, thinking about that requirement (defining an entry- > forms content + behaviour per written text) - there are > some people, who'd indeed call that "programming". ;-) > > No, seriously - if the requirement is, that the user > should only need to enter something like that into > these "external data-entry-form-textfiles": > > TableName: SomeDBTable > ColumnList: All > Filter: SomeDblColumn > 10000.00 > Filter: SomeDateColumn Between 'Now' and 'Then' > Writable: Yes > ... > And then the application (when directed per Directory-List- > Click to such an entry), would automatically create the > needed Form-Mask, containing all the pre-defined editable- > Fields, matching the SQL-Column-Type automatically > with the proper "edit-behaviour" and all the Fields get > correct "labeling" - then such Definition-Files would be > of course doable (and editable) by virtually anybody > (and would help to cover a lot of simpler "edit-cases"). > > Dunno if a "lean App" which covers that, already exists (for a > windows-os) - but writing such a dynamic form-creation-engine > for the special purposes of your users shouldn't be that hard, > if you have a bit of experience. > > Other "text-based form definition-files" are *.html of > course - or *.xml or *.xaml (in case you want to do that > per .NET) - but any solution would (IMO) involve at > least a bit of "preparation" first, by a developer who > adapts this "dynamic form-creation-approach" to the > needs of the users in question. > > But in case your users could live with the ability, to > edit their table-records over a Grid-Visualization, then > Henks suggestion, to use one of the many DBManagers > out there would be an option too ... don't know if some > of them also contain a User-editable "non-Grid-View" > with dedicated Entry-Fields in vertical arrangement > (to fullfill your "recordwise" navigation-requirement). > > Olaf Schmidt > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
