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All,
First of all -- congratulations on what seems to be a great community here at Code Project.
Some advice please. With what applications should I create a web application that (in it's simplest form):
1) Remote Client uploads an Excel Spreadsheet with data (1000 rows by 30 columns)
2) Server performs calculations on that data. <lots of="" logic="" based="" nested="" formulas="" suited="" to="" a="" spreadsheet="" application="">
3) Server creates a PowerPoint presentation based on the calculated data.
4) Server downloads PowerPoint presentation to remote user
The process (post upload) would need to be automated to be of value. In other words, today I receive the email manually and then manually kick off the Excel/Powerpoint automation. The real opportunity is automating via the web.
Probably easy stuff for this crew. But way beyond my meager skills.
I know your time is valuable. Thanks in advance for any direction you may have.
Regards,
Turbodog
Notes:
1) I do not want to create a massive enterprise-wide just-in-case database. This would not be a persistent database. Once the presentation is complete the data can go away.
2) The next remote user would have a similar but different set of data (i.e. different market or period)
3) The charting does not need to be resident on the web page itself.
4) I am not married to PowerPoint or Excel but the charts would need to satisfy the following user requirements:
--a) The user needs to be able to tweak the charts and text
--b) The user needs to be able to print and email the slides
--c) The user needs to be able to present (in a slideshow mode) from a laptop / projector combination
5) This would probably receive 2-20 requests per day. With no external control as to when. In theory, all 20 individuals could upload an Excel file at the same time.
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Sounds to me like you might be best off by building your web interface just as a simple drop off and delivery point (uploads and downloads only) then build the back-end as a WWF system that takes the files, parses through them as needed and builds your slides, then sends out a notification email when they are each ready for download, maybe sending a link along for the user to click on.
Tell them that each excel spreadsheet is deleted form the system after it is processed and that the delivery links are only kept valid for a time, like 24 hours, to give them time to download the results otherwise they need to resubmit again.
The system itself does not sound all that hard but the part about parsing the spreadsheet and then creating Power Points I can't comment on since I have never used code to 'build' a PowerPoint slide.
Can't you just build the charts in Excel and then paste them into a PPT that way?
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Hi Tech Gurus
I need your haelp regarding to develop a console application in vb 6.0 for checking the RightFax machine is up and running or not. Do you have any idea to check the ststus of Fax Machine. Please help me out this problem.
Saurabh Gupta
Software Engineer
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Please use the right forum for this - this isn't an Article Request or an Idea is it?
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Anyone with some tutorials on image surveillance should send it down please.
Basically on face recognition.Please please please please
tony-yeyo
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Hi Friends...
I Have a Problem with sending a Fax Using c# Language.
How Send a Fax From C# Application?
I Should Use what dll to Send a Simple Fax?
Thanks.
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You're posting in the wrong forum. This is for submitting article ideas, not asking for help. You would do better to post the question in one of the programming forums.
Scott. —In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. —Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai [ Forum Guidelines] [ Articles] [ Blog]
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Thanks Scott For Your guides
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Is it possible to display the pages of a GridView in specified time intervals automatically (using timer)? 
modified on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:54:01 AM
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You're posting in the wrong forum. This is for submitting article ideas, not asking for help. You would do better to post the question in one of the programming forums, probably the ASP.NET forum.
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Thank you for your suggestion
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Can we please see some tutorials on teaching ATL from the beginning and not like that one thats in there that just teaches you basic C++ templates and classes. I think its called under the hood. Which is pretty much waste of space on this site for ATL. Please. I can't find any other tutorials for ATL except for the MSDN Reference which doesn't exactly help unless you know ATL.
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There is a whole section on ATL here.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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yes i know. But look how bare bones everything is. Look at how bad theres nothing showing you as a beginner, only intermediate to expert level
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Hello All!
So can somebody tell about how to change/add resources in Windows MUI files?
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What does this have to do with Article Requests and Ideas?
"I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon
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Like many I am a bit frustrated with Windows Explorer specially in Vista.
I would love to be able to select one or several files, right click and select copy file path.
Then I could go in notepad and paste the file paths.
At the moment I tend to copy the path from the address bar then type the filename manually.
Is there an easier way to do that?
If not what is the easiest way to extend explorer to do that ?
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Once you've written your article explaining better ways, please upload it and share it with us.
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Google is your friend. Try this[^] obvious search.
Steve
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How to Display the tooltips in Next line in FireFox.
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I think you should write a longer article than that. Unless you explain how to do this in lots and lots of different languages, then it seems that it's going to be a bit short.
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Hello everyone!
I've spent much time searching the web for a solution to a simple question:
how to make such task bar widget. You know, Windows Media Player 9+ (no shure about 8, but seems so) can minimize to a "toolbar mode" (it's when you right-click on a taskbar and choose Toolbars->Windows Media Player. And then you see a comfortable panel 
Or, for expample, Nero 7+ Adds Nero Search Bar to your taskbar.
I've found a registry key, that leads us to it's DLL. But I can't understand, what structure those DLLs has...
So if someone get info about the subject, please, post it here.
From Russia with love, Alexander
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This forum is for Article Requests and Ideas. You might be better off asking in the General Discussion forum.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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I can be wrong, but i think that my post IS article request.
I'm requesting someone to write an article about the subject.
Also, I have an idea about this. I know how to register the DLL in the registry.
So, can anyone write about that ? I'm really desperate to write such panel for winamp 
From Russia With Love, Alexander
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