[Gambas-user] Report

[johnf]

On Monday 16 January 2006 07:53, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> On Monday 16 January 2006 16:36, johnf wrote:
> > On Monday 16 January 2006 04:38, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> > > On Monday 16 January 2006 11:31, Ignatius Syofian wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I just need opinion from gambas user or expert, if you develop a
> > > > application and needed report, which can viewer first before
> > > > printing, what a suggest report method you will use ?.
> > > >
> > > > I know there a
> > > > 1. DBReportDesigner or DBReportViewer
> > > >     some of problem is : if i use myappliac.showmodal then i run
> > > > DBReportViewer.show it will raise error
> > > >    if myapplic.show then i can run DBReportViewer.show
> > > >
> > > > 2. Kugar
> > > >     some of problem, i can't use special feature sum/average or else.
> > > >     Learn from Laurus example, i found the subtotal it from gambas
> > > > application not from Kugar.
> > > >     I try to email to Koffice team, but still no answer until now.
> > > >
> > > > 3. DataExample Report
> > > >     this is from Gambas Example.
> > > >     It write html file, it write from gambas application
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > no 3 means, if you change a title or header then you must change
> > > > gambas source also, am i right ?
> > > >
> > > > Maybe some of you are experience with this report application. I need
> > > > you suggest to solve my problem, which one i must do or there is
> > > > something else i can try ?......
> > >
> > > I studied this problem on Windows with Visual Basic some years ago, and
> > > implemented the following solution:
> > >
> > > Split the reporting process in three parts: the presentation, the data,
> > > and the program.
> > >
> > > The program takes the data, the presentation, and sends the result to
> > > the printer. (On KDE, you even have an automatic previewing of the
> > > result)
> > >
> > > The presentation were a bunch of text files with a C-like syntax
> > > describing the report.
> > >
> > > The data was a text file with a specific format generated from the
> > > source by the program that calls the report. It can come from
> > > everywhere.
> > >
> > > The presentation were splitted in section, each section having one text
> > > file. A section was a hierarchical set of "controls", each control
> > > printing a text, an image, a drawing, and "containers", that arrange
> > > their contents (vertically, horizontally, in a table...).
> > >
> > > What data to print, and where printing it, was represented by special
> > > markups in the presentation files.
> > >
> > > There was a special syntax to repeat some presentation controls if the
> > > data is actually a list.
> > >
> > > Because of this repetition feature, a section can print several pages,
> > > until all the data is printed.
> > >
> > > There were almost no absolute coordinates in the presentation files.
> > > All the layout is done by the program each time the report is printed,
> > > lie a web browser does with HTML pages.
> > >
> > > This solution is a bit slow (at least in VB), but it allows you to have
> > > different reports for the same data, by just modifying some text files.
> > >
> > > I'd like to have the time to port this reporting program to Gambas, but
> > > I don't have the time at the moment...
> > >
> > > I hope I gave you some ideas :-)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> >
> > How about providing the program in VB and let some of us attempt a
> > conversion.
> >
> > I will soon require reports and it would be nice to get a starting point.
> >
> > John
>
> Alas I don't own it and I don't have it: I made it at my last job, and I
> don't work in the company anymore.

OK I hope someone makes something available.
John