All, Anyone done any work generating Word documents/Word templates from a Rails app.? I''m sure that there is a way to do this without too much trouble in a JRuby world, so wondering about that approach as well. Any advice is welcome. Thanks, Wes -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Wes Gamble wrote:> All, > > Anyone done any work generating Word documents/Word templates from a > Rails app.?There has been some recent discussion on the list about this -- search the archives. But let me reiterate my stroing belief that MS Word documents have no place on the Web at all. They do not work reliably for the exchange of information between different computers, and they do not play well with most Web browsers. It is almost always possible to find a more suitable format. If you can tell me what you''re trying to do, I''ll try to suggest alternatives. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
I am humoring a client, but I am advising strongly against it. The desired behavior is the ability to edit a document after it is generated via a Web form. I am pushing for making the Web form flexible enough to handle generating whatever they want into a read-only PDF. But I feel like I need to do the due diligence on the possibility of generating a Word document. Wes -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Wes Gamble wrote:> I am humoring a client, but I am advising strongly against it. > > The desired behavior is the ability to edit a document after it is > generated via a Web form.Why not give them HTML? MS Word will import it for easy editing, but it can also be viewed in the browser or edited with lots of other tools.> I am pushing for making the Web form > flexible enough to handle generating whatever they want into a read-only > PDF.That may be an even better idea.> > But I feel like I need to do the due diligence on the possibility of > generating a Word document.Due diligence: it''s a bad idea. Avoid. :)> > WesBest, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.