TRAC (Tax Reciept Aggrigator Console) / News: Recent posts

All it does is basically take a plain-text file with some tags separated by white-space and replaces them with data from the CSV. Basically it does what "mail-merge" does in MS Word, except to a plain-text file. The output is put in a separate file (so the template is not overwritten and can be reused without requiring realignment).

If you want to print the output onto pre-printed forms you have to manually line-up the white-space in the template file so it lines-up with the pre-printed report's blank spaces, where you want the data to go. The template file is not over-written, as the output goes in a new plain-text output file. So the template doesn't need to be remade every-time you want to use the app. To create multiple template files just keep multiple templates in a separate directory and copy the relevant template file into the app's directory when you want to use it.... read more

All it does is basically take a plain-text file with some tags separated by white-space and replaces them with data from the CSV. Basically it does what "mail-merge" does in MS Word, except to a plain-text file. The output is put in a separate file (so the template is not overwritten and can be reused without requiring realignment).

If you want to print the output onto pre-printed forms you have to manually line-up the white-space in the template file so it lines-up with the pre-printed report's blank spaces, where you want the data to go. The template file is not over-written, as the output goes in a new plain-text output file. So the template doesn't need to be remade every-time you want to use the app. To create multiple template files just keep multiple templates in a separate directory and copy the relevant template file into the app's directory when you want to use it.... read more

Went through the code and added colour to the console output. I then went through and commented all of the code in the trac.cpp file. I also removed the separator that would show up between each of the forms that are printed to the taxr.print file. Just to make it a little more usable.

Yesterday I released version 0.2 of this program (beta).

Enjoy!

The first release is posted with source-code. Go crazy!!!

My todo list:
#1 Add support for a config file for setting layout variables.

#2 Add option to turn on loging (make it off by default, currently it is on by default).

#3 Compile a Linux version.

How about some comments? Anyone have any ideas?
Ill start:
1) Make this web-based with AJAX...
I will start on this after #1 and #2 are done on my todo list.