transcript of conversation between Carmine and Ivan on 13.11.2004. CarmineDallaSvezia says: hello tresh@kset.org says: Hi CarmineDallaSvezia says: how are you? tresh@kset.org says: Good. Little light headed but good. CarmineDallaSvezia says: sorry,but i don't remember your name tresh@kset.org says: Ivan CarmineDallaSvezia says: but you are one guy from zagreb?? tresh@kset.org says: Yes I am. I'm team leader for Zagreb part CarmineDallaSvezia says: ok CarmineDallaSvezia says: i am carmine CarmineDallaSvezia says: nice to meet you CarmineDallaSvezia says: do you have the Francesco's address?? CarmineDallaSvezia says: francesco is the other italian 's guy tresh@kset.org says: I have his e-mail, but not messanger or ICQ# CarmineDallaSvezia says: i give you: francescoseveroni@libero.it CarmineDallaSvezia says: because now my computer is broken and we use the his email CarmineDallaSvezia says: now is offline because i use me your computer tresh@kset.org says: My guys don't have messanger account but they'll open them during this weekend. CarmineDallaSvezia says: ok CarmineDallaSvezia says: sorry for my english CarmineDallaSvezia says: but the italian people don t speak english very well tresh@kset.org says: No problem. How did you end up in Sweden? CarmineDallaSvezia says: i don t had more chooise CarmineDallaSvezia says: for learn the english CarmineDallaSvezia says: the other country were only england CarmineDallaSvezia says: but more people want to go there CarmineDallaSvezia says: i hope that i have understand well your question tresh@kset.org says: Do you have many workplaces available in Italy after you finish your studies? CarmineDallaSvezia says: no i have to finish CarmineDallaSvezia says: to study CarmineDallaSvezia says: before CarmineDallaSvezia says: i am studying for the degree of second level tresh@kset.org says: Shall we use the forum on official pages? CarmineDallaSvezia says: what is the official pages?? tresh@kset.org says: www.fer.hr/rasip/dsd . Log on pages (top right corner), expand Projects -> CVSReporting -> Communication. CarmineDallaSvezia says: there are also the other people of vasteras tresh@kset.org says: I think we should write what we think we should do during project. That way we won't loose any info on which we agree during chat CarmineDallaSvezia says: ok CarmineDallaSvezia says: in 10 minutes i search to enter to the forum tresh@kset.org says: Have you tought how our XML file should look like? CarmineDallaSvezia says: no,sorry CarmineDallaSvezia says: i have some problem for the installation of the other system CarmineDallaSvezia says: for understand well CarmineDallaSvezia says: what we should do exactly tresh@kset.org says: As I have understand it, we should generate a DTD that should define a template for XML, then use Eclipse plug-in or webform to add SQL statements, text and pictures to XML (acording to DTD) and lastly create XML parser that should generate HTML code and PDF files CarmineDallaSvezia says: do you know what kind of information there will be in the xml file? tresh@kset.org says: wait a minute please CarmineDallaSvezia says: yes tresh@kset.org says: I'm back tresh@kset.org says: In XML there should be CarmineDallaSvezia says: i am reading the file about the project but there isn t nothing about the xml tresh@kset.org says: name of template, text descibing what is written in file (example "Changes made on file xyz.java from date1 to date2"). Then list of changes on xyz.java file (or SQL statement for getting that text from CVSQL data base. tresh@kset.org says: True, but also XML allows us to define a standard for report templates CarmineDallaSvezia says: and what should do the eclipse?? tresh@kset.org says: Eclipse should give GUI for creating report templates, an also generate PDF and if there is enough time HTML files. CarmineDallaSvezia says: i have read that will be the possibility to write queries , but for me one problem about this will be how validate if the queries are correct or not CarmineDallaSvezia says: i dont know if you have understand what i mean tresh@kset.org says: When user send's a query to database is query is not valid there will be a SQL error. We'll need to create error handling. I don't know any other way of doing it. CarmineDallaSvezia says: i think the same but for me there is an other possibilty: for example CarmineDallaSvezia says: before to send the queries we can check if the query is correct but is necessary a parsing CarmineDallaSvezia says: and is not very easy create it tresh@kset.org says: From transcript with Rikard :"• You should create models on how the report templates should be represented some general functions which will operate on them." tresh@kset.org says: That's our first step. We need to decide how will model look-like before going any further. CarmineDallaSvezia says: sure. CarmineDallaSvezia says: now i have send an email to the other people of vasteras for meet tomorrow tresh@kset.org says: I'm still checking what people did last year. But they have many source files and little documentation CarmineDallaSvezia says: Do you have just speak with the other people of zagreb about how this model? CarmineDallaSvezia says: will be CarmineDallaSvezia says: or on which information they should contain? CarmineDallaSvezia says: i return in 2 minutes! tresh@kset.org says: OK CarmineDallaSvezia says: i m back CarmineDallaSvezia says: do you have some ideas on the model? tresh@kset.org says: I'll post one idea on forum CarmineDallaSvezia says: i check it now tresh@kset.org says: Wait few minutes CarmineDallaSvezia says: ok tresh@kset.org says: You can see my idea on forum CarmineDallaSvezia says: what is the theme? tresh@kset.org says: Report model CarmineDallaSvezia says: sorry but i don t find it.when you have published it? tresh@kset.org says: log on to page www.fer.hr/rasip/dsd. CarmineDallaSvezia says: i am there but i look only 4 themes and there isn t the your tresh@kset.org says: You should have DSD Main/DSD/Archive/Projects buttons on left hand side. Press on arrow on Projects button, then on arrow on CVSReporting arrow and then on Communications tresh@kset.org says: Or try while you are logged in on page tresh@kset.org says: http://www.fer.hr/rasip/dsd/projects/7/comm CarmineDallaSvezia says: now ok CarmineDallaSvezia says: thank you tresh@kset.org says: No problem CarmineDallaSvezia says: what you want to show in userinfo and userlogo? tresh@kset.org says: What ever user wishes to. If for example Sun microsistems used our product during their work they might want to put their company logo on report and make it official document CarmineDallaSvezia says: sorry but i don t have understand one thing.this template is that come out after the query?? CarmineDallaSvezia says: is how we should show the information after the query? CarmineDallaSvezia says: i want to understand all before to start to work tresh@kset.org says: When you generate report template, you insert querry into xml file and when you generate pdf or html you send querry to DB, remove it from xml and insert result from querry to file. CarmineDallaSvezia says: clear and another question, where we take the other information that we have to insert in the template: for example userinfo or the user logo? CarmineDallaSvezia says: or where the user must be put this information CarmineDallaSvezia says: sorry should put this information? tresh@kset.org says: If user is using web page reporting then he should temporarily upload his logo before generating report (it can be done but I don't know the procedure), and if he is using eclipse he should just make a pointer to logo on his HDD. CarmineDallaSvezia says: or we can add a function in the web page for allow the registration CarmineDallaSvezia says: of the users CarmineDallaSvezia says: i don t know if this is possible CarmineDallaSvezia says: or is out from the project's requirements tresh@kset.org says: You should talk to Daniel or Rikard about that. CarmineDallaSvezia says: because for me is not very good that the users must insert the your logo for each report tresh@kset.org says: Not mine logo but theirs. But that is confection and can be decided at later stages of development CarmineDallaSvezia says: sorry.i have mistake to write tresh@kset.org says: I got to go. I'll be back again after 20.00 tonight and also at 10.00 tommorow. I hope I'll have more information by then. CarmineDallaSvezia says: ok CarmineDallaSvezia says: see you