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May 06, 2004, 23:56
[home/perl_scripts/FileCABINET] I discovered something pretty cool today— when submitting software it’s much faster if you have a PAD file created with all your data in it. You simply point another site to your PAD file, and all the form fields get automatically filled in: name of program, name of programmer, company address, file size, description, keywords, etc. The list goes on and on. Not having to type this stuff in on every site makes a huge difference! I created a couple of PAD files (for NotationMachine and ServiceBuilder) using a Windows program, and it worked like a charm. It got me thinking too… what if I made the FileCABINET software I wrote automatically generate PAD files! It meant I had to learn a little more XML, but I was up for the challenge, and it paid off! Now every file in my downloads on Intelliscript.net has it’s own PAD file, and it’s created automatically every time the XML is called for. You simply add the script’s ID number to the URL followed by .xml and FileCABINET does the rest. For example, FileCABINET’s unique ID is 23, so http://www.intelliscript.net/FileCABINET.pl/23.xml I’m starting to feel a little cocky! ~Jason
Automatic PAD Files
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May 06, 2004, 23:49
[home/perl_scripts] This is long overdue. I Finally had a brainwave last night about how to sync our Outlook church calendar with the getChurch.org web site. It’s easy! Simply export the data in tab format, and save it to the anonymous folder on our server. My script does the next. Once a day, when it’s first called that day, it FTP’s the church network, grabs the file and saves it to the getChurch.org server. Then it calculates todays date, and parses the tab text file, searching for the date. It displays a search box and all records containing todays date in seconds. Easy to implement, easy to use, and easy to search. I love it. Now I’m going to think about how I can write a macro for our Secretary that automatically exports the church calendar every evening. With that done, it’s a no maintenance solution. ~Jason
Outlook Calendar Script
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