[sailwave] Re: Using alternative results template

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Hi Hugh,

I realised you'd meant </head the moment I posted the message...

WRT `html.stylewiz` - presumably to get style info interactively from the
user - i.e. more friendly that creating style sheets...? That would be easy
to do. I also thought about one to fire off another program - that program
would leave HTML to a file and then Sailwave would import that files(s) as
part of processing the template. The files the program wrote could of
course include other magic tags... Folk could write their own style wizards
etc then...

Regards,
Colin

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-----Original Message-----
From: rcodfleet [mailto:boatsheds@freeuk.com]
Sent: 31 July 2002 10:21
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sailwave] Re: Using alternative results template

Sorry Dave, Colin,
I had meant to say </head>, no excuse except it was lateish.

Just a thought Colin, how about introducing an new magic tag
`html.stylewiz` for example.

Hugh

--- In sailwave@y..., "Colin Jenkins" <colin@s...> wrote:

Just for info - sailwave is actually looking for "</head" - it then

places

the chosen style sheet lines immediately before that line containing

that

string. So you're right, the "</head" needs to be on a line of it's

own and

it was case-sensitive. I've fixed the case sensitivity aspect this

evening.

CJ.

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Hi Colin,

WRT `html.stylewiz` - presumably to get style info interactively

from the

user - i.e. more friendly that creating style sheets...?

Well I was thinking it would be easier to see where the styles went.

That would be easy
to do. I also thought about one to fire off another program - that

program

would leave HTML to a file and then Sailwave would import that

files(s) as

part of processing the template. The files the program wrote could

of

course include other magic tags... Folk could write their own style

wizards

etc then...

Neat, now "write their own style wizards" does that imply we can/could
write our own results wizards?

Regards
  Hugh

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Hi Hugh,

Neat, now "write their own style wizards" does that imply we can/could

write our own results wizards?<

Not with that mechanism, but I've thinking about formalising the plugin
concept via a file interface - it's a bit clunky but it'd work a treat.
e.g. User runs plug-in - Sailwave writes series data to a .blw (i.e. its
native ASCII file format) file and fires off a specified program (which
you've written) associated with that plug-in - that program reads the file -
scores it or does what ever it likes to it and writes another .blw file
which Sailwave then reads back to replace the series. I would just have to
publish the Sailwave file format which in essence is just a CSV file...
Easy, but like all these things takes time... I'd prefer to go this route
at first rather than COM/DDE/OLE because it's easier to maintain - I just
have to keep the .blw spec up to date. CJ.

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Colin,

I am always in favour of keeping things simple, less to go wrong ...

I have a few ideas for enhancements:
1. It would be nice to be able to define the order in which fields
   appear when published to HTML.

2. The ability to specify that one or more fields appear in the same
   column when published to HTML, i.e "Helm" below "Boat Name"

3. When a field is renamed the new name does not get propagated
   to all the dialogs where field names are used, the original names
   are still there. I am using 1.43 so you may have addressed this
   in the latest betas.

I really like Sailwave and will be using it for our class results, I
hope to persuade the race officer and the rest of the classes to
follow suite once I have shown them what it is capable of.

Hugh

--- In sailwave@y..., "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@m...> wrote:

Hi Hugh,

>Neat, now "write their own style wizards" does that imply we

can/could

write our own results wizards?<

Not with that mechanism, but I've thinking about formalising the

plugin

concept via a file interface - it's a bit clunky but it'd work a

treat.

e.g. User runs plug-in - Sailwave writes series data to a .blw (i.e.

its

native ASCII file format) file and fires off a specified program

(which

you've written) associated with that plug-in - that program reads

the file -

scores it or does what ever it likes to it and writes another .blw

file

which Sailwave then reads back to replace the series. I would just

have to

publish the Sailwave file format which in essence is just a CSV

file...

Easy, but like all these things takes time... I'd prefer to go this

route

at first rather than COM/DDE/OLE because it's easier to maintain - I

just

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Hi,

I've added these points to the todo list for later dev.

Regards,
Colin Jenkins
www.sailwave.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: rcodfleet [mailto:boatsheds@freeuk.com]
Sent: 31 July 2002 14:23
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sailwave] Re: Using alternative results template

Colin,

I am always in favour of keeping things simple, less to go wrong ...

I have a few ideas for enhancements:
1. It would be nice to be able to define the order in which fields
   appear when published to HTML.

2. The ability to specify that one or more fields appear in the same
   column when published to HTML, i.e "Helm" below "Boat Name"

3. When a field is renamed the new name does not get propagated
   to all the dialogs where field names are used, the original names
   are still there. I am using 1.43 so you may have addressed this
   in the latest betas.

I really like Sailwave and will be using it for our class results, I
hope to persuade the race officer and the rest of the classes to
follow suite once I have shown them what it is capable of.

Hugh

--- In sailwave@y..., "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@m...> wrote:

Hi Hugh,

>Neat, now "write their own style wizards" does that imply we

can/could

write our own results wizards?<

Not with that mechanism, but I've thinking about formalising the

plugin

concept via a file interface - it's a bit clunky but it'd work a

treat.

e.g. User runs plug-in - Sailwave writes series data to a .blw (i.e.

its

native ASCII file format) file and fires off a specified program

(which

you've written) associated with that plug-in - that program reads

the file -

scores it or does what ever it likes to it and writes another .blw

file

which Sailwave then reads back to replace the series. I would just

have to

publish the Sailwave file format which in essence is just a CSV

file...

Easy, but like all these things takes time... I'd prefer to go this

route

at first rather than COM/DDE/OLE because it's easier to maintain - I

just

have to keep the .blw spec up to date. CJ.

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