Thread: Data entry screen building utilities
Rather than writing PostgreSQL data entry screens from scratch using ncurses and cdk, is anyone aware of any data entry screen building utilities useful for character-based screens, as opposed to GUI utilities?
Tim
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 03:14:36PM -0800, Tim Barnard wrote: > Rather than writing PostgreSQL data entry screens from scratch using > ncurses and cdk, is anyone aware of any data entry screen building > utilities useful for character-based screens, as opposed to GUI > utilities? I had never heard of cdk, but I found and downloaded it, since I'm doing similar console-type work. I haven't looked at it extensively, but is there a reason why you wouldn't want to use it? Paul
<snip> >Rather than writing PostgreSQL data entry screens from scratch using ncurses and >cdk, is anyone aware of any data entry screen building utilities useful for character->based screens, as opposed to GUI utilities? > >Tim <snip> I don't know of such a utility but I remember that the tool 'pgaccess' lets you create simple form under Tk/Tcl and saves it as a simple string in the database. Maybe you could create a ncurses based library to parse this string and produce a text based data entry screen? -- Prasanth Kumar kumar1@home.com
You might be able to just use a web interface, like PHP scripts, but use a text console web browser, like lynx. This would let the entry screen be accessible from GUI terminals too. Then again, lynx might be too crude an interface. On Monday 22 January 2001 18:14, Tim Barnard wrote: > > Rather than writing PostgreSQL data entry screens from scratch using > ncurses and cdk, is anyone aware of any data entry screen building > utilities useful for character-based screens, as opposed to GUI utilities? > > Tim ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- -------- Robert B. Easter reaster@comptechnews.com --------- -- CompTechNews Message Board http://www.comptechnews.com/ -- -- CompTechServ Tech Services http://www.comptechserv.com/ -- ---------- http://www.comptechnews.com/~reaster/ ------------
Thanks for the idea, but like you stated lynx is too crude an interface. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert B. Easter" <reaster@comptechnews.com> To: "Tim Barnard" <tbarnard@povn.com>; <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Data entry screen building utilities > You might be able to just use a web interface, like PHP scripts, but use a > text console web browser, like lynx. This would let the entry screen be > accessible from GUI terminals too. Then again, lynx might be too crude an > interface. >
"I haven't looked at it extensively, but is there a reason why you wouldn't want to use it?" I was hoping for something that would help me quickly put together some screens, without extensive coding. I didn't think such a utility existed but it was worth asking :-) Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> To: "Tim Barnard" <tbarnard@povn.com> Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Data entry screen building utilities > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 03:14:36PM -0800, Tim Barnard wrote: > > > Rather than writing PostgreSQL data entry screens from scratch using > > ncurses and cdk, is anyone aware of any data entry screen building > > utilities useful for character-based screens, as opposed to GUI > > utilities? > > I had never heard of cdk, but I found and downloaded it, since I'm doing > similar console-type work. I haven't looked at it extensively, but is > there a reason why you wouldn't want to use it? > > Paul >
Interesting idea. I hadn't thought of trying this. Thanks. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prasanth Kumar" <kumar1@home.com> To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Data entry screen building utilities > <snip> > >Rather than writing PostgreSQL data entry screens from scratch using > ncurses and >cdk, is anyone aware of any data entry screen building > utilities useful for character->based screens, as opposed to GUI utilities? > > > >Tim > <snip> > I don't know of such a utility but I remember that the tool 'pgaccess' lets > you create simple form under Tk/Tcl and saves it as a simple string in the > database. Maybe you could create a ncurses based library to parse this > string and produce a text based data entry screen? > > -- > Prasanth Kumar > kumar1@home.com > >