I have a little project I am working on, and would like to know more.
Is it possible to Have 3 google docs (A,B,C), and have them updated into 1 Master Google doc page?
For example, if I were to input data on Document A, I would be able to see the information automatically listed on the Master document? Same with B, and C.
I am willing to learn/work on this, just would like to know if its even possible and hope that you can help me or point me in the right direciton.
Thanks!
Due to this link it seems merging is not possible for now. Copy-Paste is a way to go but that is not what you're looking for.
by the way, Google Document has been renamed to Google Drive lately. And this is a work in progress. has lots of limitations. It's not a solution to everything. The most useful feature of it is real-time editing.
AFAIK LaTeX can do that with if you like a new challenge.
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Hi guys,
I'm trying to push data from an excel file to a google spreadsheet, using VBA
User Story : When my user close excel, it automatically pushes the data into a back up on google sheet.
I've read some solutions about the Google API, but i do not understand how to use it.
if someone has an explanation it would be nice
Regards,
Thomas
Mixing Excel and Google is going to be a tough journey. They have a lot of compatible features and implementations and then a whole bunch of things that are just not compatible.
You won't be able to control what your users do in Excel so the "backup" may end up as a poor representation of the excel version.
If it is purely for backup, you could go the MSFT route and use OneDrive/O365 which keeps versions for you if you store in a local OneDrive. You can use auto save to keep your backup up to date.
You could go the google route by using sheets on the desktop browser.
As Thomas suggested, go with an off the shelf sync tool if the data and format is straight forward. I have had very mixed results for even some simple stuff.
Not wishing to start a tech-religion war by recommending one over the other but how you are trying to achieve this feels fraught with risk and may be hard to future-proof.
HTH.
I have been creating a text editor online, just for learning experience. I was curious what the best way to store multiple versions of a text file that is consistently changing is.
I've looked at a variety of options and I am yet to see a cheap, and scale-able option.
I've looked into Google Cloud Storage and Amazon S3. The only issue is that too many requests to save the file start to add up a lot in cost. I'd like files to be saved practically instantly, and also versioned every so often. I've also looked into data deduplication which looks like a great option, but I have not yet found a way to do it without writing my own software.
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
This is a very broad question, but the basic answer is usually some flavor of Operational Transform. Basically you don't want to be constantly sending the entire document back and forth between the user(s) and the server, nor do you want to overwrite the whole of the document repeatedly. Instead you want to store diffs. Then you need to deal with the idea that multiple users might be changing the file simultaneously, but possibly in different areas, and dealing with that effectively.
Wikipedia has some good, formal discussion of the idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_transformation
You wouldn't need all of that for a document that will only be edited by one person at a time, but even then, the answer is to think in terms of diffs from previous versions and only occasionally persist whole snapshots.
I am thinking about making an app to do with electrical equipment and I would like the app to recognise the name of tools as you write to save you time (predictive text). How would I go about creating a custom list of words the app recognises. Can anyone please point me in the right direction. I have looked around and not found much information on the subject. I am currently using objective c although learning swift so any of those languages will do. Many thanks.
What you want is not predictive text but rather autocomplete.
See this post, there's an answer by Jano with a link to code that seems to do what you need.
I'm trying to program a Webpage, which allows to edit a text document simultaneously.
To program something like a Chat in Node.js is not very difficult, but working on the same text makes it kinda tricky.
I thought about sending the char position and the changes characters, but if someone types something previous to the change, the change would be placed on the wrong position.
What's the best way to exchange Modifications between my clients?
You should use Socket.io to have make your Real-Time application.
I just founded a nice blog article which speaks about real time edition, see here.
It's also providing a link to the github project and to an open source online editor project.
Take a look and try to understand how they do stuff like this, good luck !
Two people cannot be manipulating the same object at the same time from a different place. You basically have two choices.
1. Let them take turns with the object
2. duplicate it if they both want it, but that doesnt sound like it would end well
I am trying to create an amazon webstore and the interface is just appalling.
I have seen a few companies that have made really decent stores but have no idea how they have accomplished this using the interface amazon give you as they make it near on impossible to customise a single thing.
Could someone please shed a light on what it is I need to do to create a fully customised design for my store?
Thanks in advance.
I have had luck in creating a custom layout... functionality is where I'm stuck. It seems we are FORCED to use their widgets, etc... though you can change the look of them quite easily.
I made my way by using Google Chrome's inspect element tool (F12). I was able to find the CSS that drives the different widgets for width, height, etc. Also, I was able to write my own CSS for, say, the search widget.
Your question is about 1.5 months old... so I assume you may have learned your way by now.
If you have any questions, I'd be happy to assist with what I know.