Re: Form builder? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Webb Sprague
Subject Re: Form builder?
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Msg-id b11ea23c0607051342h40aba023p2f73fd1dcc7030ac@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Form builder?  (Kenneth Downs <ken@secdat.com>)
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> This is no small task.

But that a mans reach should exceed his grasp...

> All of that being said, if you want to do it yourself, I would still
> claim that you'd get there a lot faster adopting Andromeda, because all
> you are really trying to do is embellish what we've already done.

The problem with Andromeda are three fold, the last being trivial and
brekaing the camels back for me:

1.  I don't know Andromeda, while I kind of know Python/Tk

2.  Andromeda is not an item in the standard Linux style toolkit,
while Python/Tkinter is part of the system level installations on most
Linuxes, and is easily installed on Windows and Macs.

3.  I can't get Andromeda to compile on my installation of Gentoo.

I am still figuring out the vagaries of Tkinter, but I think my
approach will involve mapping a little language of table names,
modifiers, and connecting operators  to a sequence of forms.   I think
I can do a little magic in propagating fields chosen in early forms
down to defaults in later forms in a sequence to get the effect of
entering, say, a student and her three classes.

I will announce to the list if I get a working prototype.

w

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