Can anyone recommend a ready-to-use class/library compatible with C/C++/MFC/ATL that would parse iCal/vCal/Google calendar files (with recurrences)? It can be free or commercial.
there is a parser in PHP for iCal, you can downloaded and check the code to suit your language.
for vCal/vCard parsing there's a C Library.
for Google Calendar I couldn't find any exact answer, so, try to Google it.
For vCal you can try the CCard project on SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ccard
It's a C library but it states Windows as a supported platform.
*Edit: balexandre already linked to it :)
The only problem with the CCard project is that it's a generic parser (similar to what I already have implemented myself) - what would be really valuable to me is something that "understands" all varieties of recurrences and such. Those differ between vCal and iCal as well, adding to the complexity.
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I am fairly new to C++ and this might sound like a very dumb question, but is there any resource or common practice to find the headers that need to be included when using C/C++ libraries?
For example: I am currently doing a project using the OpenSSL library.
How do I find out which headers I need to include for the sample codes on this page:
https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/EVP_Key_and_Parameter_Generation
I had this issue many times and I am almost always struggling to find the right header files to include if the documentation doesn't provide a full working example.
Am I missing smoething when it comes to finding the required header files or is this lack of documentation the norm for examples?
I am aware that you were hoping to find something like a fancy database or any secret documentation to get the header.
Like for the Qt framework in the Qt Creator would be positioning the cursor on a written class in the code and just pressing alt + enter is adding the necessary header on top of the code.
Sadly that functionality is just for Qt not for c/c++ implemented.
The correct answer to your question might be as simple and maybe basic as so and it is also the fastest way I found and probably most people use:
A search engine of your choice(Google, DuckDuckgo, Startpage.com ...)
library command (f.e. EVP_PKEY)
Programming language name (f.e. c++, Qt, ...)
Proof of concept f.e. for startpage.com:
Maybe https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/header is an alternative - I just never found stuff real quick there.
The second best option I found and use regularly to find in addition to the header even good sample codes/examples is a program called Recoll (For Linux, Mac and Windows - or a similar desktop search engine)
Recoll is based on the very capable Xapian search engine library, for
which it provides a powerful text extraction layer and a complete, yet
easy to use, Qt graphical interface.
(https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/)
It works like that:
I put a selection of the best 50 books to a special topic in a folder (f.e. c++, c, qt - just stay really specific) and let recoll crawl the folder.
Now use keywords like EVP_PKEY to find every topic in all of your most loved and respected pdf c++ books in nano- to milliseconds - depending on how much money you spend on your pdf library. (Sure, you have to get/buy them first)
(But its a freaking fast tool and even prioritized due to the Xapian search engine library)
Basically, I want to be to be able to pass data between Excel cells and
my C++ program. I don't have any experience in Excel/C++ interactions and I haven't been able to find a coherent explanation or documentation on any websites. If someone could link me some references or provide one themselves it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
If this is for a Windows system, you could always use one of the available managed Excel libraries, such as OfficeWriter or Aspose.
There also might be similar libraries specifically for c++, I know we (OfficeWriter) used to make one.
Edit: Looks like there are a few out there, like LibXL and BasicExcel.
If the application will run on an end user machine with Excel installed, you can easily use the Excel interop and keep Excel hidden.
In addition to LibXL and BasicExcel mentioned by smoore, there is:
ExcelFormat Library is an improved version of the BasicExcel library and will allow you to read and write simple values. It is free.
xlslib will also read and write simple values, I have not tried it tho. It is also free.
Number Duck, is a commercial library that I have written, It supports reading and writing values, formulas and pictures. The website has examples of how to use the features.
I was looking for a Qt implementation (since Qt already support export of rich text to odt) but found none of them.
Then I was astonished that I can't find any C++ class to read/write ods files.
I need to import/export tables with basic formating and was thinking that using a open source format would be a good idea. But it looks like it is mission impossible in C++
I wrote a Qt5 library for working with .ods, check it out:
https://github.com/f35f22fan/QOds
The Calligra framework will let you do this just fine, and since you're looking for a Qt based thing, then that would probably be your best option :) Further information on using Calligra for development can be found here: http://community.kde.org/Calligra
Not exactily what you wanted but check this out:
OpenOffice API
Similar: Does anyone know of a C/C++ Unix QR-Code library?
I tried libqrencode but apparently it's only able to generate a QR-Code. However, I need a library that reads the data from a photo of a printed QR-Code.
It must be a C, C++ or Objective-C library and it has to compile on BSD systems. On my platform, Java and .NET are not available.
What libraries can I use?
Thanks.
Try using libdecodeqr , it doesn't seem to be updated for over a year but a Google search reveals that it still works.
zxing (http://code.google.com/p/zxing/) is probably the most well-known and used in a number of barcode/qr-code apps. The original/primary code is Java but it includes a C++ port that is pretty actively maintained, particularly for QR codes.
The C++ library does not (currently) have an encoder, but it sounds like you want a decoder.
I am unable to find any open source libraries to render ODF documents using C++. I found ODKit suporting Java and AODL for .NET C#.
Does any one have any idea or provide me any pointers.
I found a Qt source to parse ODF. Qt already has built in ODF writer.
KOffice supports ODF and is written in C++. I suspect they may have solved whatever it is you are trying to solve. http://www.koffice.org
It may not be the most elegant solution but OpenOffice itself is capable of rendering and the OOoSDK can be used from C++ as seen here for writer and here for spreadsheet.
There is none. You're better AODL or any of the other libs available (python, perl, java, etc) and doing a binding to it
KOffice can be an idea, but if I just want to display an odt file in a nice Qt QWidget, but I don't want to depends on DBus and a lots of Kde feature.
The Idea is to take a look a Flake and KoText libs as Thomas Zanders says on this Forum.