There are any number of ways of exporting data. In my case I use PHP extensively to generate excel spreadsheets (Google for code on how to do this. If you can't find anything, I can post the code I use).
For Flex, a couple of things I know of off the top of my head... AlivePDF - http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/ as3xls - http://code.google.com/p/as3xls/ A quick google search pulled up these... http://www.php-editors.com/forums/php-programming-contests/745-write-dbf.html http://blog.fusonic.net/archives/130 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "raja_s_patil" <kpr.rspa...@...> wrote: > > Thanks Dean, > > > I have no idea about the dot matrix printers. But generally I do > > all my reporting using PHP. At the end of the day flex is in a > > browser and you are going to be limited by that. I'm sure PHP > > can produce a format that would work well for a dot matrix printer. > > If not, you could always have a TCP server written in any language > > to allow Flex to send data to it for reporting. This would be done > > using socket code in Flex. This also requires the server to accept > > a request for a security policy on a specific port. I will look > > for details on that. > > Well, I was bit worried about Flex's capacity to produce reports > I dont mind about PHP producing reports in text format if it can > write text file on server which can be fetched to client via FTP > or if PHP can produce PDFs that can serve purpose of Windows graphis > mode printing. The data exports to xls, dbf, ods etc. etc. still > remain. I dont know what to do about. > > For sec of discussion how about using Birt on server to produce > reports? have u given any thought to this ? But again we have to > have Java at server. Can PHP send data to any program on server > to produce reports then we can use delphi exe to run in wine > and listen to TCP port on Linux Server and if its windows server > then it can run natively. I dont know what reporting strategies > are followed by ppl developing web applications. I dont have > any experience in web development but there must be some way > to produce reports, Since all over the world big web database > applications are already running. > > BTW how u are doing reports I will follow your suit till we > find some generous way for elegant reporting in flex. > > Thanks once again and best regards > > Raja >
