Derek I have no idea how I would find the time but I'd love to see that as well. Carl P. On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 13:16, Derek Neighbors wrote: > Mike Starke said: > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:36:50PM -0700, Brian Tafoya wrote: > > /_What we have done for our business is build web-based forms in PHP and > > /_tied them to MySQL. :) Works extremely well! > > /_ > > /_-- > > > > Sounds like the 'html' output I finally refered to. I am begining > > to think good ole fashioned Perl|PHP/MySQL is the way to go for all of > > this. I devised a Perl/MySQL invoice system that utilizes > > 3 tables to crank out invoices. Simple, clean, works anywhere, and even > > spits out the invoice in XML if I ever have a need. > > > > However, Dereck's suggestion with taging a OO document then run > > a report also sounds interesting. > > > > I really hate to see this thread die a quick death. To me, this > > document/form creation/managment stuff is the heart and soul > > of all small->medium businesses. We really need a coherent, easy to use > > OS solution to these issues (One of the reasons I'm just chomping > > at the bit waiting for GNUe to mature a bit more :-) > > I guess I dont get the "wait to get more mature" line. With GNUe Forms > and Reports I can spit out what you guys are doing with php/perl w/o > writing a line of code. It is fully portable to all major operating > systems and databases. People often think GNUe needs maturing because > they dont see a finished ERP. I'm telling you the architecture is pretty > much there. When 0.5.0 gets released (should be within a two weeks) we > will suprass the feature set of Oracle SQL*Forms 7.0. > > As to the coffee shop demo, Im all for it. I'm on the east side, but work > downtown either location is fine for me. > > -Derek > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Carl Parrish (cparrish@carlparrish.com) http://www.carlparrish.com --- Registered Linux User #295761 http://counter.li.org