Automating reports

[Robert F. Stockdale IV]

This is getting a lot more complicated than I thought it would be. I 
just need to view 4 optional investments in a Federal Thrift Savings 
Plan. This way I can be certain that my retirement $ are working for me 
and my goals. I also post it at work for other view. If I get this 
working then I can also create one for my wife 403b plan which has far 
more investment options. Attached is the OO.o document that I created 
manually.
Bob

jb wrote:
> Not sure what 4 charts you want or if this is even helpful. It is quick and 
> easy to replace URL's and titles in any editor. You can also add the location 
> to it on your comp and put it as your browser start page.
> jb
> 
> On Tue October 4 2005 08:35, jb wrote:
> 
>>If you can get the raw URL's to the 4 charts you want, you can make an HTML
>>document using a table for layout. Or just have them all inline without a
>>table. It wouldn't be automated but you could put the document as your
>>start page in your browser. It should update whenever you opened the
>>browser or hit refresh.
>>jb
>>
>>On Tue October 4 2005 04:47, Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
>>
>>>Unfortunately wget doesn't download the graphics correctly. Actually it
>>>downloads the page without the graphic. This is the command I used:
>>>
>>>wget
>>>http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/printable.asp?symb=SPX&siteid=mkt
>>>w&
>>>intflavor=advanced&submitted=true&time=8&freq=1&comp=Enter%20Symbol:&comp
>>>idx
>>>=aaaaa~0&uf=4&ma=1&maval=50&lf=4&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=2&compind=aaaaa~0&size=
>>>1&s
>>>tyle=1013&customdate=true&startdate=0&enddate=0&linkname=Interactive%20Ch
>>>art ing&origurl=/tools/quotes/intchart.asp&rand=478450953
>>>
>>>If the web address is loaded in a browser it brings up a printable chart
>>>of the S&P 500 index. Is there something I'm missing? The Fpdf looks
>>>like a great idea. Hope I can use it. I'm not real good at scripting,
>>>although I'm trying to learn some. Been looking at abs-guide (Advanced
>>>Bash Scripting Guide) and some Python.
>>>Thank you.
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>Justin Bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>>I do similar stuff with automated reporting from our database. I use
>>>>PHP and the Fpdf program (http://www.fpdf.org/) to generate a PDF from
>>>>a PHP program. From PHP you could Email this or print it. I don't know
>>>>if you know php but:
>>>>
>>>>You could write a php program that:
>>>>
>>>>1. Gets the Images with wget and save them in a local directory
>>>>2. Creates a PDF and includes your labels and images you saved from the
>>>>wget
>>>>3. Emails or prints the PDF
>>>>
>>>>Fpdf has some examples that you could modify to do what you like
>>>>without the much trouble.  Then I fire the PHP program from cron on a
>>>>nightly basis.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Justin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Justin Bennett
>>>>Network Administrator
>>>>Dynabrade, Inc.
>>>>8989 Sheridan Dr.
>>>>Clarence, NY 14031
>>>>
>>>>On 10/3/2005 4:15 AM, Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hello everyone:
>>>>>    I have this project I'm trying to do. It starts by saving charts
>>>>>from a web page. There are 4 charts that get updated daily (M-F). I
>>>>>currently do this manually by right clicking on the chart in Firefox
>>>>>and select save as. These are stock indexes for monitoring the
>>>>>investment portion of a retirement portfolio. I then put the 4 charts
>>>>>on one page in OpenOffice Writer with labels above each chart. How can
>>>>>I automate this process or is there an easier process to create a pdf
>>>>>or postscript file for output to default printer? I can send a sample
>>>>>output if some one would like to see the manual result.
>>>>>Thank you
>>>>>Bob
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