We are using the external custom component for a few important jobs. We upgrade from 6.3.1 to 7.1.1 , and we notice that the component isn't available in the new version. The developer states that all of his components are compatible with Talend version 7.1.1, all he needs to do is to change the compatibility settings of my components in Exchange.
Question:
7.1.1 has been released for 6 months. Is it wise to have important job relying on external developer who don't have obligation to do the work?
This is always a bit of a risk since there is no guarantee that the original developer will keep it maintained....or will even still be around. However, Talend make it very easy for Java developers to develop their own components and a new version of the Component Development Kit is available for you to build your own (https://help.talend.com/reader/IQuNrUOzvnCZJd50ue7ASg/nmBmki3DRSQ5P5_wJsf85Q). My recommendation has always been to try to build your own components if there isn't one which is suitable for your purposes.
With regard to the component that you are struggling with, can you let us know which one it is and what it does? There might be a relatively simple way of recreating this functionality without even having to build your own component. Many times a tJavaFlex can be used with bespoke code, so that you and your developers have complete access to the code in your job.
I am a colleague of Bin's. We are currently using Jan Lolling's custom Excel components. We use a combination of them for the following reasons:
- We can insert variables into named ranges within an excel sheet
- We can insert table data at any point on an excel sheet
- We can use a pre-made Excel template
- We can password protect an excel workbook.
If you have any simple ways of recreating this functionality then we'd love to hear them! I know we can achieve the final step by putting the file in a tFileArchive and encrypting a zip, but the other three I'm not so sure on.
Ah, I see. Jan Lolling (@lli) is a good guy and is usually pretty good at keeping his components up to date. I have tagged him here. Hopefully he will see this when is next logged in.
If you mean my components, I can tell you, I have recently updated the compatibility settings of all of my components (only the latest versions) to 7.1.1.
Actually I have tested them also with 7.2.1 but Talend Exchange have not listed this version yet.
