Bob Sysero llc Dev wrote:
> Paul McNett wrote
>>> In other words if you if you send the report to the printer the XML will
>>> be sent to ReportLab to be printed that has no relation to the PDF. To
>>> preview the report I think one would send the XML to ReportLab for
>>> preview? To create a PDF file I think I would send the XML to the ReportLab.
>>> I have been able create a PDF file within the print dialog from with
>>> OpenOffice without any problem. I just haven't had the time to test
>>> ReportLab let but I feel it will not be a problem.
>>>
>> No. The sole role of reportlab is to *create* the pdf using the api which
>> includes a
>> canvas object and drawing/paging operations. Dabo's ReportWriter is a
>> wrapper around
>> this that provides for banded reports.
>>
>> Nothing is responsible for previewing or printing your pdf except code that
>> you will
>> write. Well, there's a utility function provided by dabo to preview any pdf
>> using the
>> default pdf viewer, but this is separate from reportlab, ReportWriter, or
>> ReportDesigner.
>>
>> Paul
> The dabo ReportDesigner is used to create the report design and when
> saved will create a filerpt.rfxml. Dabo reportWriter banded report that
> is then passed to reportlab that will create the PDF file. Then I can
> use a dabo utility function to preview using my default pdf viewer. Does
> dabo have a print dialog that I can pass the PDF file to be printed? In
> other words how do you print the report to the printer in Ubuntu?
We haven't done any printing for dabo yet, although this is something I've been
meaning to research and wrap. wxPython has at least a couple different ways to
set
print settings and send print jobs.
In the meantime, you can use dabo.lib.reportUtils.previewPDF("myreport.pdf") to
preview it in the default pdf viewer, and use the print function from the pdf
viewer
to print the pdf.
Paul
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