Re: Is there a keyword to get a word to print at a 45 degree angle ?

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 4:17 PM Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Am 17.06.2021 um 21:36 schrieb John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>:

I think if you are talking about that level of hassle, you might as
well just generate the report as an Excel file already.

Allow me to repeat my answer from Jun. 12 to Don:

I think it's a bad idea to replace a centralized and proven solution with some end user shadow-it'ish, wobbly Excel bolt-on. It adds more steps to a given task. We all know what happens if we add complexity: The chance of failure is higher.

It's still centralized. It happens 100% on the i. And how is it
wobbly? There are proven libraries for this stuff. It is just as easy
to make mistakes and have failures working with PRTFs as it is with
Excel files. And in most cases, the end user is much better served by
Excel files. At our shop, we haven't created any new programs that
generate spooled output in years.

Not only are our users much happier with Excel files, so are we in IT.
It is arguably easier to maintain the Excel-generating code than it is
to maintain printer DDS, and nobody at our shop enjoys O-specs.

(Actually, my colleagues use a tool I wrote many years ago, so their
entire "Excel-generating code" is always one line per Excel file being
created. I'm the only one who writes custom Excel-writing code, which
is necessary for features that my tool can't handle; and for me, those
custom programs are always vastly easier to write and maintain than
PRTFs. There are other tools out there with similar functionality,
some free, some commercial.)

Complexity *can* increase the chance of failure, but it doesn't
always. Sometimes, it actually reduces it. And often, complexity buys
you greater capabilities and greater user satisfaction.

John Y.