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RE: [PLUG] More critique of Linux desktop
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Title: RE: [PLUG] More critique of Linux desktop
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>From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
>[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]
>Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 2:02 PM
>To: PLUG
>Subject: RE: [PLUG] More critique of Linux desktop
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>I would love to help, but for some reason, my 4 brain cells reject
>understanding perl, sadly.
Well, I rarely work with PERL, I can do some basic coding (not to be
confused with BASIC coding), but I haven't gotten really into the
more unique aspects of perl.
I've not worked with PYTHON, so I don't know if that's a language
that may have merit for this type of program. Considering that rdiff-backup
is written in PYTHON, makes me believe it's a possibility.
Does PYTHON have a large a module/program repository as CPAN?
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>> So, instead I have to convert the ACT! .dbf files to a .csv
>file, then
>> use my utilities to work with the .csv file. Sure would be great if I
>> could eliminate that step, then I could write assign an email address
>> that would autoforward the attached ACT! file for automated parsing.
>>
>> Has anyone here had any luck reading the ACT! .dbf files?
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>IIRC, and thwack me if I'm wrong, I think act encrypts the
>.dbf files. I
>would imagine it's the same encryption type tho, as you can transport
>them from one act install to another.
only some of the fields are encrypted, most of which I don't use. If I D-click
on the ACT! .dbf file, excel opens it and reads the majority of it, which for
now would be good. Then I just save as .csv format
I haven't tried yet to get perl to read the .dbf, but had "heard" it didn't.
Course that could be wrong. For the few per week I get, it hasn't been worth
exploring. If someone else already explored and was successful, then it might
be worth it.
In hind sight...Maybe I will give it try later this month, since Excel reads it OK.
I'm guessing one the DBI:: should read it as well.
George
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