I agree that an import option would be helpful. I will put it on a feature list for a future update. My thinking is in the individual form entry page there could be a button to allow you to populate a form with data from a csv and eventually other document formats. The user could select which columns in the csv should be imported for each column in the form. Or if fields were the same across both it could be automatic. It would need to be implemented after the theoretical other feature that others have requested for an option to add a record to a form without attaching it to a person. Basically creating a ādocumentā object that can be attached if the user desires at a later time.
Also another update:
More logic checks and validators have been implemented and I have also started working on allowing saved configurations for the event builder to be loaded in the gui. I wonāt be able to finish before school starts like I had wanted, but I will still work on it during the upcoming semester in my free time.
It will actually be worlds easier to implement than some of the other features I have added haha. It is just a matter of adding a helper function for the formatting.
Yep Iāve been working on it on and off. This is the first semester where I have only a full time course load though so I will have more time with only 12 credits. And its winter break now so I may update everyone again in a couple days.
Oh also as far as timeline goes, the main uncertainty is the simple block programming language I have made for event building. Everything else is pretty locked down with just a few more tweaks I need to make, but the block programming is pretty experimental. That said I am making good headway and I think it would be a mistake for me to release the addon without it available the first iteration so I am definitely going to try and finish it and get everything worked out- at least on a basic level. I figure I can always add more ātoolsā to the toolbox once I have the bones worked out.
Just finished what (I think) might have been the hardest part to get which is that event definitions can now be saved and then re-loaded into the event creation editor gui! Now that I have formatting for save files figured out I can connect event definition files with their actual functions.
A little update: I have been working on this more on and off. The biggest development is I have made some of the gui for saving and loading the event definitions. Unfortunately I ended up getting a class schedule that is, in fact, more than full time and includes 3 masters courses so I am a bit overloaded at the moment. However, I still find the time to code for a hour or two each week.
Small update: I ended up having several deaths in my family and some other bouts of very bad luck and havenāt worked on this in quite a while as a result. I have not stopped completely though! I think I will be able to pull this through the finish line over the summer. It will be nice to finally work on something I enjoy then.
My condolences for your losses and of your family members. I dearly hope your fortunes improve in the other areas.
As Nick says, take care of yourself and donāt worry about this stuff. From your postings elsewhere, it seems like software is a distraction that you enjoy. (I built a family website to distract myself when my father passed more than 25 years ago.) But hopefully, you have other stress alleviating activities that are more sociable with family members.
Things have slowed down (at least in terms of negative events- Some other great things are happening in my life now but those arenāt the sort that stop me from programming) and development has started again! Hopefully more updates will be posted here shortly!
and connect the event builder to the template builder and the event builder to the original forms addon (the template builder itself is already connected). Then I should be good for a first release.
Iām hoping to be done by the end of this month but realistically itāll probably be the end of next month or the one after. Its coming into the home stretch now though and most of the most difficult parts of the program are done!
