Simen Haugen wrote:
Hi.
What features does the reporting currently support, and how stable is
it?
I'll try to explain what my program does and what how I need the report
to be.
My application gets data from varied sources and stores all these to
tables in a local sqlite database. Then various data is extracted and
stored in datasets. I need to be able to store a report definition for
each of these datasets, and also be able to merge them into one pdf
document with bookmarks for each report. The final pdf document also has
to have a definition with replaceable logo etc.
The datasets are best viewed as tables, but for some of the reports I
want to place the data manually.
Can dabo's report facility help along the way? If it cannot do what I
want, perhaps it wouldn't be too hard to add? If not, I have to use
reportlab directly and that could be a lot of work.
I can't say I understand everything you want to do. If you are saying
you want to have multiple pdf's merged into one pdf, then then answer is
(currently) no. If I were you I'd pick one of your datasets, and define
a report form, and then you'll know if Dabo's report writer can handle
at least that aspect. If so, then pick a different dataset that has
different reporting needs, and repeat.
If reportlab can do it, then if it can't be done today in dabo it should
at least be possible to wrap it. Theoretically at least (haven't tried
it) you should have full access to the reportlab canvas object.
It is far from complete, but extremely capable already for standard
banded report designs.
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Paul McNett
http://paulmcnett.com
http://dabodev.com
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