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The Customer

Renault F1 Team, one of the top Formula 1 racing car teams.

The Problem

An automatic report generator (implemented as a JavaTM Servlet) runs on a server. The reports generated by this Servlet are specified using XML files conforming to a proprietary DTD called SRML (Simple Report Markup Language).

Allow authorized users to modify existing report specifications and to add new report specifications for use by the report generator.

The Solution

Use XMLmind XML Editor to create and modify SRML report specifications.

In order to do this, XMLmind XML Editor should allow to browse and open SRML files found on the server (using HTTP GET). It should also allow to save SRML files on the server (using HTTP POST multipart/form-data). See screenshots below.

Moreover, XMLmind XML Editor should allow to preview reports generated using the specification being edited (of course, without having to ``commit'' the corresponding SRML file on the server).

The Implementation

TaskCost (days)
Create an XMLmind XML Editor configuration for the SRML DTD. This configuration defines a custom menu, a custom toolbar, a number of custom macro-commands and declares custom commands written in the JavaTM language (7,500 lines of JavaTM, 4 dialog boxes).8
Customize the GUI of XMLmind XML Editor (by the means of a .xxe_gui file) in order to add a Report Template sub-menu to the File menu. Implement the Download and Upload actions found in this sub-menu (1,500 lines of JavaTM, 1 dialog box).2
On the server side, modify the report generator Servlet in order implement the preview function.2
Total cost:12

Using XMLmind XML Editor to modify an existing report specification works as follows:

  1. Use File|Report Template|Download to browse the SRML files found on the server.

    "Report Template" sub-menu

  2. Select an SRML file and open it.

    SRML chooser

  3. Modify the SRML file using the tools found in the SRML menu and in the SRML tool bar.

    A sample SRML file opened in XXE

  4. For example, use the Change Text Style dialog box to change the style of the ``header'' of the report.

    "Change Text Style" dialog box

  5. Other example: use the Edit Graph Specification dialog box to modify the specification of the main graph.

    The "Edit Graph Specification" dialog box

  6. Finally, use File|Report Template|Upload to save the modified SRML file on the server.

    A sample SRML file opened in XXE

 

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