Re: [WebERP-developers] FormDesigner.php

[Tim S. <tim...@gm...>]

Hi Rafael,

This sounds great.

Thanks
Tim

On 19 November 2013 17:47, Rafael Chacón <raf...@gm...> wrote:
> The long term solution to have a best way to turn the forms modifiable do
> not seems easy.
>
> Meanwhile, we have FormDesigner.php.
>
> My concerns with FormDesigner.php are:
> 1. Poor documentation. E.g. Nowhere indicates that the all coordinates are
> measured from from the lower-left-corner of the sheet to the the
> top-left-corner of the field. (Same problem in pdf generator scripts.)
> 2. The information that is there leads to mistakes.  E.g. "mm from the left
> hand side of page", "mm from the top of the page", but measures are in
> dots-per-inch (72 dpi = 25,4 mm).
>
> If all agree, my proposal is to document and simplify FormDesigner.php and
> to add narrative to help the users. Meanwhile, we continue the discussion to
> find out a long term solution.
>
> Best regards, Rafael.
>
>
> 2013/11/19 Phil Daintree <ph...@lo...>
>>
>> I think we need a script over-ride solution desperately.
>>
>> A WYSIWG report writer as a separate application would be absolutely
>> magnificent indeed and a really super mission for someone.
>> As I say the code in such a project would almost certainly fall outside
>> the scope of webERP I fear - based on the current goals for the project.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> Phil Daintree
>> Logic Works Ltd - +64 (0)275 567890
>> http://www.logicworks.co.nz
>>
>> On 18/11/13 23:12, ExsonQu wrote:
>> > *Hi, Tim:*
>> >
>> >             I think it's a good idea to help users who cannot create a
>> > pdf
>> > via hard coding. I am not against this.
>> >
>> >            What I want to say is that we should pay attention to these
>> > programmers too. I hope we can give these programmers an option to code
>> > without the form designer involved.
>> >             It maybe a time to find a way to keep customization
>> > maintenance
>> > as easy as possible. The solution may cover this topic as Phil referred
>> > to
>> > that an default overwrite mechanism?
>> >             It's very time consuming to upgrade webERP for those
>> > customization system. I have little knowledge about this. So I hope
>> > somebody
>> > can give some suggestion to solve problem just like the formDesigner.
>> > Make
>> > everybody's job easy and happy!
>> >
>> >              Thanks and best regards!
>> >
>> >              Exson
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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