On Tuesday 26 May 2009 03:15:42 pm Roger Lovelock wrote: > I guess I have a more simplistic situation than most in that my app is > a single user desktop app - so I have no complications with remote users > and connections, though I understand where you are coming from. In my > situation most reports are either viewed or printed - so displaying the > report in a pdf viewer is adequate as I can view, print or save a file (for > attachment to an email) from there - I'm intending to keep things very > simple initially and possibly develop further as needed. You have a valid > point re user input and the thought had crossed my mind. Again, I have a > simplistic situation - a membership system - where typically I want all > records listed in a report eg all members who haven't paid their annual > dues, or all members with a birthday this month, so I don't typically get > much user input to select in reports. > Having said that, a more general and flexible tool is obviously better > than a simplistic one that only fits one applications situation, and > probably inevitably the requirements will expand over time anyway. It would > seem unproductive to develop essentially the same thing twice. How advanced > is your development and would you be willing to share the fruits of your > labor? > Regards > Roger > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "johnf" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:20 AM > To: "Dabo Users list" <[email protected]>
I would not mind but it wouldn't help you even a little. Everything, we have depends on so many other classes and tables that it would be useless to you and others. Building a generic reporting tool as I described is not easy. I may have something after the fifth or sixth rewrite. But for now - it's not much help to others. Even accepting report criteria from the user depends on to many of our classes. -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
