Writing a DTP Software

[tariq]

I need help in creating a Pagelayout / (DTP) software for our Language URDU it is an off-shoot of Arabic I would appreciate if some one can guide me in the right direction on how to go about writing a software like Scribus, Serif etc. I know this is not an easy task and I hope that with your help this can be achived.

[Force Flow]

If you're *looking* for a piece of software to do a page layout, the top ones are MS publisher, Adobe InDesign, QuarkExpress. Some free ones are OpenOffice Draw and Scribus.

Most of these have language add-ons.

[tariq]

Thanks for the reply, No I am not looking for softwares but writing / developing a DTP software.

[glc]

That is probably beyond the scope of these forums - you probably will need to find a dedicated programmer's forum.

[XenaWP]

I think SourceForge might be a good place to start. You may find that others are already at work on the task you want to attempt.

[tariq]

I have looked at Sourceforge and other simillar sites no luck yet. I thought as this a Forum for people who are into computers that some one might have some information or know someone who might be able to help me. That was the reason for this post.

[quartet-man]

I have received a lot of help from this site, but it just doesn't seem a good match for what you need. Sorry. Hopefully either you will find a better fit, or someone here can help you find that fit.

[Force Flow]

Here's a site that include software development that has a somewhat similar atmosphere to PCM:

http://forums.devx.com/


However, the first question you should ask is what will your application do that's different and unique from all the other alternatives out there?

Also, do you have any experience in programming? If so, what language(s)?

[tariq]

Thanks for the input,
There is only one DTP software available called Inpage, and is no where close to what is available for other languages it is mainly because of the scarcity of the fonts for our language and this is the special reason or niche that is there in this market. All commercial softwares do not support our language (URDU).

I am a novice programmer, I know Fortan, Basic, and Little C, I have done programming in Dbase and FOx base also. I am looking for examples to study and understand the problem at hand and to learn how to start wotking on this project, I know this not easy but I am willing to put time and effprt to achive it.

[alfie2]

Originally Posted by tariq Thanks for the input, There is only one DTP software available called Inpage, and is no where close to what is available for other languages it is mainly because of the scarcity of the fonts for our language and this is the special reason or niche that is there in this market. All commercial softwares do not support our language (URDU). I am a novice programmer, I know Fortan, Basic, and Little C, I have done programming in Dbase and FOx base also. I am looking for examples to study and understand the problem at hand and to learn how to start wotking on this project, I know this not easy but I am willing to put time and effprt to achive it.

you may try the following website for source codes:

www.planet-source-code.com

there should be some programs dealing with URDU language there.
actually I am really surprised that there are not already a lot of softwares written for URDU, I personally knows a lot of Pakistani who speak URDU, hmmmmm, may be I will ask one of my co-workers....

[tariq]

Hi Alfie2,

Thanks for the reply, I will search on planet source code and see if I can find some thing that can help. I will keep looking like the saying goes "when there is a will there is a way" it is just a matter of your willingness to find the answers.
Look forward to hearing more positive replys.

Thanks