[Gambas-user] Report generation

[o.s.p]

Benoit Minisini ha scritto:
> On vendredi 13 avril 2007, Steven Lobbezoo wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm getting into the phase, where i have to generate reports in my
>> application. Of course, I could use gb.print, but... it's still a
>> bit 'starting up' and it does not make graphics and so on. This, all can be
>> done in gambas, I know, but maybe it's easyer to use a report generator (or
>> even integrate that into gambas) like Jasper. It has a nice report design
>> module (ireport), and works quite good.
>> However, it's written in java (Ugghh) and the guy's on its forums refuse to
>> make available a runtime app (for a non-java programmer) to use. I have to
>> install apache, tomcat, ant etc. etc. Very complicated and totally -not-
>> interesting. ;-)
>> I just want to use a design interface like their i-report and then generate
>> some files (xml ...) that can be red by a runtime program to produce a
>> report (print, pdf, ....).
>>
>> Has any of you guys any experiance ? Anybody found a good 'module' ?
>> Maybe some tested agatha ?
>>
>> Thanks for your opinions.
>> Steven
>>
>>     
>
> While the gb.report component is not finished, you can play with OpenOffice. 
> It is heavy and funny :-)
>
> 1) Read these documents
>
> * http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1461/UIR000330xvfb/
>
> * http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/01/11/from-microsoft-to-openoffice.html
>
> 2) Install Xvfb.
>
> 3) Install OpenOffice and the macros described in 1), in the second document.
>
> 4) Create your report templates with OpenOffice. Put some markups in your 
> document, for example {{MyField}}.
>
> 5) When you want to print a report, copy your template, unzip it, look for the 
> contents.xml file, replace your markups by the real data. Do not forget to 
> escape special characters with entities, this is an XML file. Zip back the 
> data.
>
> 6) Run Xvfb to a new display.
>
> 7) Launch OpenOffice by asking it to connect to the new display, to open your 
> report generated in 4), and to save a PDF by using the macro describe in the 
> second document in 1). You will use something like that in Gambas:
>
> SHELL "/usr/bin/ooffice -display :1 -invisible 
> \"macro:///Standard.MyMacros.SaveAsPDF(" & sTmp &/ "office.template" & ")\" 
>   
>> /dev/null 2>&1" WAIT 
>>     
>
> If I had time, I would make a component for that :-)
>
> Regards,
>
>   

another work around :)
i've used a program (flpsed) to modify some pdf files (converted to ps):
it allows to insert in it some fields end to fill using the simple gui
or the command line....