Need a low-cost practical method to show existing PDF rpts in Excel

We have a Forms 10g Application. The customer is satisfied with 150+ reports (which are shown as PDFs in a web-browser). However, the user wants, at the touch of a button, to give a what-u-c-is-what-you-get, exact match, replication of the PDF report, in Microsoft Excel, so he can edit it and do other stuff.
This is our problem. We cannot modify any existing report, cos it will take a lot of time and effort. We cannot charge the customer as well so it has to be something very simple. We need something that can take the currently alright PDF report and then create the MS Excel out of it. It could be a open source tool (better) or even a licensed product.
We can't use ENHANCEDSPREADHEET desformat (we tried), because it adds extra rows and columns.
That is why we are searching for a PDF to Excel converter.

Hi,
I have not tried this before but I found several converters searching online .. check this out --> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/pdf-to-word-excel-converter.html
Regards, Roberto

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[XI 3.1] BEST PRACTICE method of Oracle connection for RPTs on Linux

Business Objects XI (3.1) - SP3.
Running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS.
7,000+ Crystal Reports 2008 *.rpt objects ONLY (No Universe / No WebI).
All reports connecting to Oracle 10g databases.
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In the past, all of this infrastructure was running on Windows Server OS and providing the database access via a Named ODBC connection (eg. "APP_DATA".)
This made it easy to manage as all the Report Developers had a standard System DSN called "APP_DATA" which was the same as the System DSN name on all of our DEV, TEST/UAT, and PROD servers for Business Objects.
When we wanted to move/promote a *.rpt file from DEV to PROD we did not have to change any "Database Connection" info as it was all taken care of by pointing the System DSN called "APP_DATA" a a different physical Oracle server at the ODBC level.
Now, that hardware is moving from Windows OS to Red Hat Linux and we are trying to determine the Best Practices (and Pros/Cons) of using one of the three methods below to access the Oracle database for our *.rpts....
1.) Oracle Native connection
2.) ODBC connection
3.) JDBC connection
Here's what we have determined so far -
1a.) Oracle Native connection should be the most efficient method of passing SQL-query to the DB with the fewest issues and best speed [PRO]
1b.) Oracle Native connection may not be supported on Linux - http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=118770&view=previous&sid=9cca754b468fc67888ab2553c0fbe448 [CON]
1c.) Using Oracle Native would require special-handling on the *.rpts at either the source-file or the CMC level to change them from DEV -> TEST -> PROD connection. This would result in a lot more Developer / Admin overhead than they are currently used to. [CON]
2a.) A 3rd-Party Linux ODBC option may be available from EasySoft - http://www.easysoft.com/products/data_access/odbc_oracle_driver/index.html - which would allow us to use a similar Developer / Admin overhead to what we are used to. [PRO]
2b.) Adding a 3rd-Party Vendor into the mix may lead to support issues is we have problems with results or speeds of our queries. [CON]
3a.) JDBC appears to be the "defacto standard" when running Oracle SQL queries from Linux. [PRO]
3b.) There may be issues with results or speeds of our queries when using JDBC. [CON]
3c.) Using JDBC requires the explicit-IP of the Oracle server to be defined for each connection. This would require special-handling on the *.rpts at either the source-file (and NOT the CMC level) to change them from DEV -> TEST -> PROD connection. This would result in a lot more Developer / Admin overhead than they are currently used to. [CON]
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We would appreciate some advice from anyone who has been down this road before.
What were your Best Practices?
What can you add to the Pros and Cons listed above?
How do we find the "sweet spot" between quality/performance/speed of reports and easy-overhead for the Admins and Developers?
As always, thanks in advance for your comments.

Hi,
I just saw this article and I would like to add some infos.
First you can quite easely reproduce the same way of working with the odbc entries by playing with the oracle name resolution on the server. By changing some files (sqlnet, tnsnames.ora,..) you can define a different oracle server for a specific name that will be the same accross all environments.
Database name will be resolved differently regarding to the environment and therefore will access a different database.
Second option is the possibility to change the connection in .rpt files by an automated way like the schedule manager. This tool is a additional web application to deploy that can change the connection settings of rpt reports on thousands of reports in a few clicks. you can find it here :
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/80af7965-8bdf-2b10-fa94-bb21833f3db8
The last option is to do it with a small sdk script, for this purpose, a few lines of codes can change all the reports in a row.
After some implementations on linux to oracle database I would prefer also the native connection. ODBC and JDBC are deprecated ways to connect to database. You can use DATADIRECT connectors that are quite good but for volumes you will see the difference.

Low-Cost data migration and ETL tools

Hi, Im building a database for my company. We are a rather small size book company with a lot of references and still growing.
We have a Mysql database here and are trying to find some good tools to use it at its best. Basically we are just starting up the database after dealing with Excel: we had a size problemu2026 So im trying to find a program that will allow us to do two different things: the migration of our data from the old system to the new one and a specialized software to perform ETL (Extract, transform and load) on our database.
About the price of the tools, if we were one year ago, the accounting department would have been pretty relaxed about this. But today, we have some budget restrictions and therefore need a low cost tool. So could you give me some advice on a good data migration and etl tool for a low cost?
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
Some companies have budget problems and are having to reduce their cost of operation.
Have you ever heard of open source tools? They can do the job easily and less expensive than proprietary solutions that cost a lot of money.
You can have a look at a good ETL open source program called Talend Open Studio: it is user-friendly but also has advanced features intended for technical users (java debugger, code injectionu2026). It can perform data migration and ETL as you wrote in your first post.
The website is [here|http://www.talend.com/solutions-data-integration/data-migration.php] to download the open source program. They have a forum and documentation you can read. Tell us what you think about the software.
For an ETL benchmark: [ETL Benchmark|http://blogs.sun.com/aja/entry/talend_s_new_data_processing]

Don't take the low cost IPAD scam.. they are nearly 4 years old!

When I upgraded my iphone 4 to an iphone 6 three weeks ago, I was offered a low cost mini ipad. I took the deal only to find out later that the ipad you are given is an ipad 1, approx 4 years old now. The mini ipad 3 is now available. I heard something about 30 days return, but when I tried to return it today, was told...no its only 14 day return and I am 9 days over the limit. They willl not take back this obsolete piece of equipment. They would, with a $170 cancellation fee, plus a $70 return fee, or I could cancel my entire service for only $700.00 plus fee! ATT is providing mini ipad 3s at a discount, but I decided that since I had used Verizon since pre Alltel days, I would stay with them. I will be gone in 2 years. Will post to my facebook tomorrow! Scam alert!

Twilly wrote:
This is not a philosophical discussion on hindsight, rather an observation of dirty, and underhanded practices condoned by a large conglomerate that no longer cares about there customers and continues to take advantage of there position. The same goes for there pseudo company that are set up for collect or prepaid calls to people in dire straights such as prison or military. Evil underhanded snakes.
Or a discussion that sales people do what they have done for centuries, even millennium, try to make you buy things you really don't want or need.

Airport Extreme is a port short. Anyone know of a low-cost Ethernet hub?

I recently connected a Xerox Phaser 8550 postscript printer via USB to a Mac Pro. However, one of the important Xerox features is an Internet link that provides off-site monitoring of the printer's condition and supplies. This evidently requires an ethernet connection to a modem. (It won't work via the USB connection to the computer).
My Mac Pro has two gigabit ethernet ports, as does the Airport base station. However, one Airport port connects to a Comcast broadband cable modem, and the other connects to the Mac. That leaves only one available port, on the Mac Pro. I tried connecting that port to the printer, but no luck.
To link the printer to the Internet, Xerox instructs users to type the printer's IP address in a browser window (they suggest Internet Explorer -- I use Safari). Thus, it seems the printer needs a direct connection to a network hub, such as my Airport base station, for that method to work.
I use the base station to provide a wireless Internet connection to my portable Power Book. (The Mac Pro does not have or need an Airport Extreme card for this setup because it attaches to the base station via ethernet cable.)
Ethernet hubs I have found on the Apple Store website cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars. There must be a cheaper solution. Right?
I spoke to a Xerox rep, but she hasn't found an answer yet. (They are not up to speed on Macs, and this is just one of several questions I raised.)
I'll be grateful if the experts in this forum have an answer for this one.
Thanks.

Hi Duane and Conal Ho --
Thanks for the links! It looks like low-cost hubs are available here.
But I could use some further advice. The "switches" and "routers" look similar to a Belkin Wireless Router that I've tossed in the garage for the next yard sale. I wasted a lot of time on the phone with Belkin's tech support trying to configure the thing and get rid of a persistent pop-up that tried to enroll me in Belkin's "Parental Control" program. It was such a headache that I tossed it and bought Apple's Airport Extreme, which set itself up in about a minute.
Before I buy another "router" or "switcher", I need to know what's involved in the setup. Ideally, I'd like to plug it into one of the ethernet ports on the Airport, and then plug the printer into the router, and then run an ethernet cable from the router back to the computer, and have everything work automatically, with the Airport serving as the primary base station. Is this possible?
If I have to try and figure out IP addresses and check a bunch of mysterious configurations, and then remember what to do after the next power failure disrupts all the connections -- uh, uh! (There's another question in this forum from someone else struggling with a Belkin router; so I'm not alone in this arena.)
Thus, if you can steer me toward the easiest choice here, I'd be much obliged.
Thanks.
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Which is the best low-cost camera for my use?

Hi everyone. Been busy and off the forums for a while, but need your expertise once again.
I just found out that the Panasonic HVX-200p that's been on loan to me for 2 years has to be returned. Since I run a non-profit, I am thinking about asking my major donors to buy one for us. So, the question becomes which one? I own the CS4 MC, and you can see my other info in my profile.
I only do educational-type videos in an interview format against a green screen so far. I've been capturing direct to OnLocation via 1394 FireWire at 720p/60fps and editing in an HDV 720p/30 sequence. I sometimes do "man on the street" segments (capturing to OnLocation on laptop). I integrate numerous PSD graphics as educational slides, a lot of AE projects I get from videohive and customize, render, & import into PP, and motion backgrounds like Pond5's weekly free stock footage (much of this stuff gets resized, of course). I do some scoring and some SFX and export the audio to SB for touchup. I use a bunch of Lowes/Home Depot worklamps with fluorescent bulbs for lighting the subject and background. I key my backgrounds using PP/AE Dynamic Link. Oh, and I'll need a lapel mic and a tripod, too. I would prefer not to rule out shooting at 1080i/p at some point.
I export H.264 highlight clips which get uploaded to Vimeo and embedded in our website using prettyPhoto features. Ultimately, the finished PP project is exported as MPEG2-DVD, finished in Encore, burned via ImgBurn. If you want to see a good example, watch this http://vimeo.com/23346431. Caution: this is religious material. Be sure to repent before watching
So, there's not really much heavy lifting here. But when it comes to what is the minimum I need with the options of capture formats, etc., I'm clueless. I've read about problems with AVCHD, and although low-cost, is it really a problem for what I do? I trust this forum more than online reviews, and I'd appreciate recommendations of specific models and where to buy, if possible. Also, what about used cameras? Please remember, the budget is tight.
All suggestions and questions are welcome and very much appreciated.
Paul

Actually, two things surprise me in your statement and one is simply incorrect:
As for Broadcast quality..... a little station called CNN - you might have heard about them bought 250 of them from Panasonic about a year ago.
First, that CNN would buy JVC cameras not from JVC, but from Panasonic.
Second, there are no JVC cameras on the BBC approved list at all, see http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/site/BBC_Approved_HD_Cameras.pdf and the only affordable ones on the list in the handheld category are the Canon XF300/305. Maybe that is the reason the BBC bought 350 of these. Even the Sony XDCAM EX is only accepted in combination with a 50 Mb disk drive, not in the native 35 Mb format.
The BBC approved list is a list that most broadcasters adhere to, including CNN, Discovery, ARD and NGC.
The JVC GY-HD100U is definitely not acceptable for HD, and in no way HD broadcast ready. But that CNN bought that number of these cameras is probably caused by the fact that they think these deliver better quality than regular phones. And it does not use XDCAM, but a very simple HDV codec, limited to 1280 x 720 resolution. See http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/specs.jsp?model_id=MDL101539&feature_id=03
This simply means that the Canon codec is very acceptable to the BBC for HD programs. The XF100 uses the same codec, but is only a single sensor camera and for that reason alone not approved by the BBC.
Paul, if you can live with the limitations of a single sensor camera - and given your intended purposes, I think you can - the JVC does not even come close and the XF100 material will be hardly worse than the XF300/305. To the untrained eye the results are almost the same.

Is there a way to adjust shadows in iMovie 11? WhenI adjust brightness it changes shadows also. If not is there free or low cost software available? My operating system is Lion.

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You used the data. Verizon can not see what it was sued for. However your phone can see whats apps used the data. go to settings-data usage- there will be a place that says data usage cycle. line the dates up with your cycle. then there will be a bar graph below that extend bother white bars one all the way to the left and one all the way to the right. after those are extended below that will be a list of apps, there should be one that used over 2 gb and that will show you what app used that data in her purse

Speakerphone option is too low for practical use. Can this be corrected?

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You will have to send feedback to Apple as this is a User to User forum.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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Insert record incrementing date - low cost

Hi,
I have following record structure
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0     1     20     140     525150     INCONEL alloy 625     WIRE ROD     CD     BA     4.586287974     3/17/2007     30
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as days value is 20 i have to insert above record group 20 times and increment offset_date by 1 every time so...
for I 1..days here is 20
insert table
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May be better:
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Connected as SYS
SQL>
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SQL> insert into t values(1, sysdate - 37, 3 );
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3        ,(SELECT rownum i
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Saw an asus 11.6 laptop in the weekly ad for $169. Would be good for people who need a laptop on the go. I think that these things may be a permanent offering thanks to low cost eMMC technology.

Seems to be so true of many software advances.
Especially some games. I have been playing Witcher 3 since about a week after it came out. And I have a number of other games I played in the past were the patches improved the quality.
Now the new patch 1.07 coming out is supposed to fix some things I have noticed and some things I have not liked about the game. I am thinking I am 60-70% done with the game but waiting a few months to buy or start playing it would have allowed me to be in on those updates from beginning.

Recmd for low cost, multi point temp logging

Can someone recommend the best, low cost way to monitor temp at 16
pts. We are doing qualifiation tests of an oven used in an bio tech
research application. But we are a startup and I need to stretch my
capital budget as much as possible. Here are the details:
1. type k theromocouople
2. 40-150F temp range
3. 16 tc input channels
4. scan rate = 1 reading / minute
5. log period = 60 hrs
I used National Instruments Field Point modules about 2 yrs ago for
this since they were the cheapest approach I found for the signal
condtioning since a 8 channels of type K tc inputs, the TC120 module,
cost $350.
Is there a better approach I should look at? I do not have to work
with LV or NI hw if there is a better approach.
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ance for your advice,
Doug Danielson
[email protected]
Atlanta, GA
recmd for low cost, multi point temp logging

On 18 Jul 2003 14:59:07 -0700, [email protected] (William
Danielson) wrote:
>Can someone recommend the best, low cost way to monitor temp at 16
>pts. We are doing qualifiation tests of an oven used in an bio tech
>research application. But we are a startup and I need to stretch my
>capital budget as much as possible. Here are the details:
>
>1. type k theromocouople
>2. 40-150F temp range
>3. 16 tc input channels
>4. scan rate = 1 reading / minute
>5. log period = 60 hrs
>
>I used National Instruments Field Point modules about 2 yrs ago for
>this since they were the cheapest approach I found for the signal
>condtioning since a 8 channels of type K tc inputs, the TC120 module,
>cost $350.
>
>Is there a better approach I should look at? I do not have to
work
>with LV or NI hw if there is a better approach.
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice,
>
>Doug Danielson
>
>[email protected]
>Atlanta, GA
>
>
>recmd for low cost, multi point temp logging
I don't remember where I got them from but I had a similar project a
few years ago and found that thermistors are a lot cheaper (and
slightly less accurate) than thermocouples. get an AtoD card for a pc
and you are pretty much in buisness. You'll need some resistors too
for voltage dividers. You need to watch what voltage you put across
them so you don't get significant internal heating. The suppliers
have the schematics and other usefull info. Thermistors don't give
you a linear reaction, so you need to use a table, graph, or an
emperical equation get actual temps. You will also want to calibrate
all of them as there will be some variance between sensors (even if
they were perfect the resistors you use along with them will vary)
rather than try to get them all dead nuts on with li
ttle trimpots just
figure a fudge factor for each sensor for when you calculate back the
actual temps. I'd try them all in ice water and boiling water, just
seal them in plastidip or something.before immersing them.
David

Cost Centre report that shows all Tax Codes

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We're trying to run a cost centre report that shows the tax codes relating to all expenditure, but Tax Code isn't an option in KSB1. Is there a way that it can be imported, or another report that we can use?
We need the tax code in order to be able to report on expenditure and tax paid / not paid for HMRC.
Thanks,
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Hi,
Cost reports KSB1 show only CO documents posted on cost centres. You can reconcile CO data with FI only for accounts which are relevant for CO, that is accounts defined as cost elements (normally, these are P&L accounts). If you want to see all CO documents, it's better to use KSB5 transaction as it shows all CO object postings, and not only cost centres. If you have some internal CO postings (manual postings, allocation, etc.), then they won't be shown in FBL3N and you have to consider this also.
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Any Acrobat Reader 'free' / low cost plug-ins available?

Dear All,
I posted a week or so ago regarding using VB and Acrobat Reader. What I want to do is open a pdf in VB, navigate through the pdf then save the current page no. in VB. A sort of index builder.
I realise from the excellent comments / help I received that since this is aimed at Acrobat Reader the only way forward is a plug-in. Thus I thought I would investigate this route. I've been stopped in my tracks rather quickly after looking at the plug-in licence rates.
So, my question - Do 'general functionality' low cost plug-ins exist for Adobe Reader to help me solve my project?
Regards,
Albert.

Dear Michael,
What I'm trying to achieve is this;
Allow the user to load any pdf file they wish, browse the pdf and when they find they relevant section (defined by pdf page no.) allow them to 'index' this by storing the documents path/name and current page no. via VB. Its a sort of index but controlled by a VB program.
It appears I can do it with a plug-in but the project is only very small and does not have a budget to buy the plug-in yearly licence. The other way around this is to do it via VB and use a VB compliant pdf library, I was hoping to just use the functionality in the Acrobat Reader but it appears to have little in the way of what I need. It can load/browse the pdf but seems to have no acessible function to extract the page no. the user is current looking at.
Any thoughts are much appreciated.
Regards,
Albert.

Low-cost OS X purchase option for obsolete iBooks?

I have some obsolete iBook G3 500 mhz / 10 gig / 128 meg / CD and iBook G3 700 mhz / 20 gig / 128 meg / Combo. I have been thinking about just throwing them in the trash. Someone tells me, no no don't do that, you can sell them on ebay for ... $50 each or so. Woo.
(Oh, and yes a bunch of them do have that powerful sweaty "iBook Stink" keyboard problem. I am not sure what the official Apple solution is. Anyone tried applying Old Spice to a keyboard?)
Well the only way they are going to be useful is to run at least a newer OS than the 9.2.2 / 10.2 they have. And If I have to pay $120 per license for 10.4, there's really no point starting this exercise and I should go back to the original plan, electronics waste disposal. Preferably with a sledgehammer.
Microsoft has a way to deal with this. They practically give away Windows XP and now Windows 7 for low-cost rebuilt PCs through their refurbisher program, and the licenses cost something like $5-10 per computer.
Microsoft Refurbisher Program
http://www.microsoft.com/refurbishedpcs/programs.aspx
Is there a refurbisher licensing program for cheap old licenses of OS X, from Apple? I am not finding anything.
But I went through this previously. I'm mainly just looking for an update.
I wrote to Steve directly a few years ago asking about free or low-cost OS X licenses for these obsolete Macs, and Apple responded with the name of an electronics recycler near me. (Really!) Once support ends in about 3-4 years, who cares? Apple sure doesn't. And besides, you should be buying "the next one", to stay all hip and cool and "with it", anyway.
Still looks like trashing them is the best option, as trying to sell them for $20 per machine with 9.2.2 / 10.2 is not worth my time to pack and ship them..

txformer wrote:
Apple sure doesn't.
Precisely.
BDAqua wrote:
I have no idea what Apple has to lose by making say 10.4 available cheaply, certainly no sales loses
No? Through forced obsolescence you are removing older computers from the market and obliging people to buy newer, so faster turnover and sales of newer (unless they decide that they give up on Macs). Fast forward 5 years. Scenario where Apple sticks with their pattern of no longer selling old versions, nor will they be available on disc because it's all download. How will you get hold of Lion 5 years from now to make a 2008 Mac functional in 2017? I suspect the used Mac market will really be hit hard because our current means of updating older Macs by finding old discs on the used market will be gone. Right now I can buy a 6 year old OS (Leopard) to make my 10 year old Quicksilver still pretty functional in 2012. I am not sure we will be able to do the equivalent in a few years from now becuse we won't have a means of getting hold of the new system versions unless you buy one now and stick it on the shelf "just in case".
Only thing I can think of is maybe a Family Pack install Disc.
Technically those are for family use, not selling 5 computers to anybody on e-bay. In that regard you'd be no better off with a family pack than a single installer.

Intel Anti-Theft Technology: Low cost enterprise options

Working in education, I'm looking for a low cost option for implementing anti-theft tech. All we need is a way to disable stolen computers, in order to deter thieves in the future. We don't expect to recover stolen equipment, so tracking is not needed. Computrace is too expensive. SecureDisable seems like a good option without unnecessary features, but still seems like a lot for a simple service.
Anybody have any experience in this area?
Are pay services absolutely required for this tech? What about writing a custom management plug-in?

Hello,
Two thoughts:
Check with your existing vendor(s) of security software to see if they offer an anti-theft module or product as an add-on to your existing license.
The open source Prey Project is another solution to investigate.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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