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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: How to add dynamic content to KWord
From:       Adam Pigg <adam () piggz ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-09-05 18:17:22
Message-ID: g9rt58$6mg$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Hi David

Yes, kexi has an API called KexiDB, available to C++ through the normal means, or \
internally to kexi scripts using kross scripting for javascript, python and maybe \
ruby.

Think of is as similar to DAO/ADO on msa (jstaniek will correct me if im wrong! :)  I \
used it to write a loader for kspread to open kexi databases back in 1.6, its pretty \
easy to use and samples are available.

For the pros/cons compared to QtSQL, best to look at \
http://www.kexi-project.org/wiki/wikiview/index.php@KexiDB versus QtSQL.html

Regards

Adam

David Boosalis wrote:

> Hi Adam
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  I am using Qt's SQL classes for MySQL now. Does
> Kexi have a programmers API, if so what are its advantages over Qt's
> 
> -David
> 
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Adam Pigg <adam@piggz.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > David Boosalis wrote:
> > 
> > > I am trying to come up with a way to make a electronic questionair
> > > (True/False and Multiple Choice), something where I can tabulate the
> > > answers electronically by parsing the paper with my own program for
> > > question number and answer.
> > > 
> > Sounds like you might be better using a database, looked at kexi?
> > If you want to distribute it to many others, you could use either the
> > mysql or postgresql backends.
> > > I could create a program, but if I want a lot of Rich text capabilities
> > > that
> > > means writting my own word processor, kind of heavy I think.  Of course
> > > I thought of trying to implement it with JavaScript and Html and use
> > > QtWebKit,
> > > but this also would require a lot of programming.  So I am wondering
> > about
> > > using KWord.  I am really naive when it comes to this application. From
> > > a user's perspective the latest release for KDE 4 is looking very nice.
> > > 
> > You should be able to do something like create a table to hold the
> > questions, and another for answers, and create a form to allow the
> > answers table to be populated.
> > 
> > You could then write a script using javascript or python within kexi to
> > process the results (there are examples which output html), or install
> > the report plugin from kde-apps.org to create some kind of report on the
> > answers.
> > 
> > You'll have to use the 1.6 version as 2 isnt quite ready yet.
> > > Is it difficult or impossible to add check boxes with a radio button
> > > behavior, where they the office document can be read in by another
> > program
> > > and the check marks scanned.  With this I would need to embed the
> > question
> > > number as well.
> > > 
> > > Would implmenting a KWord Part do the trick.  Any advice much
> > appreciated.
> > > 
> > Feel free to ask more questions, always looking for more kexi
> > testers/users
> > > )
> > > Regards,
> > > David Boosalis
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Adam
> > 
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