Thanks, Herbie, My plotting format needs are not met by standard graphing applications, hence I have written my own solutions. In addition to specific plot formats, there are also specific ways to sort, find, omit, etc. columns of graphical data. I create the graphical representations in FB apps then use Intaglio or Illustrator to combine major charts into a final montage with maps, commentary text, etc. > From: "H. Gluender" <h@...> > Reply-To: <futurebasic@...> > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:26:45 +0100 > To: FB Mailing List <futurebasic@...> > Subject: [FB] How to proceed with old FB-projects > > Pierre wrote: > > So, here's my same old question rephrased for the context of this thread... > > Which programming environments would you (the list) recommend for these > criteria: > 1) ease of programming (I'm already in over my head with FB5) > 2) read a text spreadsheet > 3) plot (graph) the data > 4) transform the data > 5) save the new data as text spreadsheet > 6) save the graphs as editable vector graphics > > I would expect 2, 3, 4 & 5 to be easily achieved. It's #1 and #6 that > concern me. > > Are there examples out there? What allowed me to accomplish as much as I > have in FB2 & FB4 was the wealth of good examples, from application shells > to small demo apps that I could easily follow and adapt to suit my needs. > > I like the cross platform idea of Java, but like RealBasic, will the > graphics code need to be written independently for Mac and Windows? > > Thanks. > ------------------------------- > > An idea that comes to my mind is using already available applications > that are perhaps linked by scripts. > > A) > There are several apps for #2 and #3. > > B) > Some of the apps that are suited for #2 and #3 also provide > data-processing facilities for #4 as well. > > C) > Apps for #2 and #3 should also perform #5 and #6. > > > Of course I don't know about your special formats and requirements > and it may turn out that my suggestion is far from realistic. > > Have a look at Kaleidagraph. There is a free trial version and it > comes with a nice scripting language for data processing. The > graphical output/display is not bad but for better graphing I > recommend the free software "Plot". > > If your task should require several applications, then you might > couple them and perhaps do some additional computations by using > AppleScript which is quite fast these days! > > Just an idea > -- > > Herbie > > ------------------------ > <http://www.gluender.de> > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: futurebasic-unsubscribe@... >