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The scenario is this:
My company has 2000 customers, and we need to send the all 2000 customers a credit application via PDF. What complicates this is that certain parts of the PDF need to have customer data filled in before the form is sent to the customer. The data that needs to be filled in is currently inside of an Excel array.
As you probably guessed, what I want to do is write a script that takes the Excel array and for each row of data the script will fill it into the PDF form, save a copy of it, print the document, and repeat until all rows have been filled into their respective PDF forms.
My questions are as follows:
Is there one particular programming language (or framework) that is particularly well suited for this, and does it have a low learning curve? (I only know enough to write basic JavaScript at the moment)
In the recommended language/framework, what specifically will I need to learn? (aside from the basics like print, for each, if statements)
Are there any particular or general GOTCHAs I should watch out for in writing the script? Keep in mind, this will be the first computer script I will have ever created, so even basic/elementary GOTCHAs can come into play due to my total lack of experience.
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I should probably specify that I would prefer to write this script in Python if it is at all possible, simply because of all the good things I have heard about it so far.
There are applications that might be able to do this without programming. Here's one that costs $249
http://www.pureforms.com/Products/PFPrintMerge/pfprintmerge.htm
I have never used it -- but there are plenty of products if you search google. If you decide to go the programming route -- you need a PDF SDK for whatever language/framework you choose. There are many to choose from for .NET and Java.
EDIT: You asked for python. See this other SO question.
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With regard to Event Sourcing and Domain Driven Design, I'm looking for a good software solution to help my team model our Aggregates electronically during an Event Storming session.
I have considered simple sticky note applications but they leave a lot to be desired such as the ability to save and share.
So what would you recommend as a good Event Storming software?
I think you only get opinionated answers. Tools that you really need to consider:
Paper roll, preferably plotter roll since it is dense enough and wide enough. For more vertical space put two strips, one below the other. Take a photo when you are done, share it with others. It is OK to scrap the roll since for the next session it would be beneficial to re-create the picture again and it will be better (see WET - write everything twice)
Online tools that have sticky notes of different colours and sizes. These should only be used if you have a distributed online session. I know two online tools that allow real-time collaboration, we use one and tried another, which is also very good. You choose yourself. I do not work for any of those.
Miro
Conceptboard
Mural
How about a "whiteboard"? I found it actually quite easier to create a very large image with a very dark gray background and simply use Paint to draw on top of it. Other devs were able to add their ideas to it and Save As... so that the original file was not overwritten.
Does it make sense?
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Any websites that will teach me Excelvba along with examples rather giving tool explaination not usage of it in practical scenarios. Please your help will be highly appreciated.
This Wise Owl Tutorial series seems fairly good, and has some practical aspects, I believe the tutor uses a number of practical scenarios and goes from beginner techniques of VBA to advanced.
One of the best ways I found to learn when first starting out is the record macro button. Although this won't give you perfect code, it can reveal plenty of the ways VBA interacts with Excel. If you get stuck on how to (for example) filter a pivot table in VBA, then you can just click record, do the action manually, click stop and the VBA code will be written for you! However, as mentioned, this won't be perfect, particularly because it will use things like "activate" and "select" (and those are really bad).
If you want to apply it to something you yourself have done, then as well as learning the basics, your best option is to just search on Google for your needs, as you'll probably find that someone has already asked a question you have and most of the code is done.
Everyone has a different way of learning though, so you will probably need to try a few things before you find what is right for you. There isn't a quick and easy path to learning VBA really, you've just got to get in there and do it. I also wouldn't worry about having perfect code at first (I sure did when I started learning how to program), as you should pick up best practices naturally, focus on getting an understanding and making things work first, and over time you'll become a lot better.
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I want to write a bot for 500px.com which automatically likes pictures and follows random people. Sadly I don't have a clue where to start, are there any good tutorials or something? I googled, but could't find anything useful really!
I work at 500px. We'd really rather you didn't try to game the system, it hurts the community when you do and isn't fair to other users.
I mean, I'm a developer, I get that this might just be a curiosity thing for you. Maybe you just want to see what you can do. But maybe your efforts would be better spent, say, playing with our REST API.
But if it is that you're just trying to get more exposure, I hope that you'll reconsider your strategy. Focus your efforts instead on contributing meaningful content, engaging with your fellow users, working on your craft. When you game the system, you're advancing yourself on the backs of other photographers. The more people that engage in this sort of behaviour, the harder it becomes to find meaningful content, and over time everyone suffers.
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Your problem is concept -- you want to write a automatic function that acts as if it is a human entity. This means that even if this is desired by the company behind the http://www.500px.com website, this does come across as something impersonating a valid human user, and as such will need to face and overcome the usual challenges of such thing as filling in online forms, logins and verification methods automatically and reliably without being detected as a 'bot .
This is potentially a very significant undertaking, and not to be underestimated. By posting this question on stack overflow you're pretty much giving away that you've very likely not got the basic skill-sets required for carrying out this task.
If this task is however in partnership or for the company behind the 500px.com website, then you will have access to very specific and first hand information about the details and website code and structure they use.
Both of the above conclusions - to me - imply that you're far below the very-probably required level of knowledge and you're going about finding that knowledge in entirely the wrong way.
Instead, find a programming language of your choice and learn it inside out and upside down, then you'll have (slightly) more chance at doing something like this.
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I'm looking for an open source tool that can be used to search text files on the local machine. I've looked at elasticsearch but it seems too complicated with more features than I need.
I need to search only text files on the local machine. I'm looking for something that'll take as input a directory of files and a search string and will output a list of files that contain the string. Data size will probably be multiple GB spread across hundreds of files so something that has an indexing capability would probably work the best. A simple, client side HTML UI would be fantastic.
I don't need data streaming, collection, multi-server aggregation, web services, multiple file format support, external databases, etc.
Somebody must have already done this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Edited to add: I'm looking for a library, something that can be integrated into another client side application. A local front end for lucene/elasticsearch/etc that does not require a web server or database.
If you want to search text files in multiple directory. Notepad++ could do the job.
Agent Ransack is my favorite -- it will use multiple threads, and it can optionally use regex patterns for your file search.
Though it only works by individually searching each file, the Ack program may be worth a look.
I am now using a text search tool---TEXT FINDING .It is a simple and free tool for you to find all types of files in PC,just a few seconds can be done!
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I am trying to collaborate with a graphic designer sitting on the other side of the world. The only communication medium we have is a phone line. Every time she makes even a minute change to an element on a page, she has to take a screenshot, save it and mail it - all manually till now.
As you can guess, this gets downright irritating and is significantly hampering progress on the project.
My idea is to create a simple .xls file with a macro which will capture a specific hotkey combination (in a global manner) so that she can just press ctrl+shift+q (or whatever) from inside her photoshop / illustrator with the .xls file open and minimised (and the macro listening for the key combo) and this key combo would capture the screenshot and send it to outlook / thunderbird as an attachment just waiting for the send button.
My question is whether this is the best (and free) method of achieving this and if it is then how can we make an excel macro listen for global hotkeys, capture screenshot and mail?
We have this. Our designers are based in San Francisco and our developers are all over the world (most in Auckland). We use a lot of Microsoft Shared View to see each other's desktops. We also have a defined diagramming style of wire diagrams that are used to communicate intention.
We tend to use a lot of screen captures and the snagit tool from Tech Smith is excellent. Once you've captured what you want, it can go straight to email, or a document, or in fact anywhere as they have a number of capture profiles and an api you can use. It really is a worthwhile tool for the amount it gets used.
You can use TeamViewer.
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Teamviewer is only free for non commercial use. There are a number of alternatives to this including a variety of VNC type products. Just search for free remote desktop tools.
I take it the other side does not have a permanent internet connection?
In that case should check out a screenshot utility like Snagit. Though not free it does everything you need.