Is FlashPaper still supported? Never actually used it, not quite sure how it works, just that it lets you view documents inside of Flash.
2009/6/10 Tim Hoff <[email protected]>: > > Crystal Reports is great for generating data driven .Net reports. But, > if you wanted to generate a wysiwyg type of report, that mirrors what > the user sees in the flex app, you're going to run into a lot of > problems. AlivePDF is good for simple client-side pdf report > generation. However, IMHO, its not quite mature enough of a product > yet, to be a robust solution for enterprise reporting. So, that leaves > you with using a server-side solution, like Jasper reports of FOP > (java), or bite the bullet and spring for LCDS or WebOrb. It's funny, > most clients scream for high-fidelity PDF reporting. But, when they see > the price tag for the last two solutions, they often choose to go > without. > > There is a way to display a PDF in Air. For Flex, you might be able to > hack some kind of iFrame solution, but I haven't heard of anyone that > has pulled that off yet. > > -TH > > --- In [email protected], Angelo Anolin <angelo_ano...@...> > wrote: >> >> Some updates on this. >> >> I was able to generate a Crystal Report for this where the Flex > application opens up in another browser the PDF file which was generated > by the report. That would suffice for the moment, although I would still > love to hear about possible reporting options integrated inside the Flex > application. >> >> By the way, is there a way to display PDF file on Flex itself? >> >> Thanks and regards. >> >> Angelo >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Richard Rodseth rrods...@... >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, 5 June, 2009 0:20:45 >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex and Reporting >> >> >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, I don't think there's a great story yet. If an AIR >> application is an option for you, you may have more options. >> >> For PDF creation, there's the AlivePDF library, but I'm not aware of >> anything to render a PDF within a SWF (short of sending the pages to >> the server for rendering as images). >> >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Angelo Anolin <angelo_anolin@ > yahoo.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > I am totally amazed at the cool front-end UI things that could be > done in >> > Flex. I have been dabbling a lot on Flex and steadily getting the > hang of >> > it. >> > >> > Anyway, one thing which I am looking for is on creating and printing >> > reports. I am looking for some resources on how to achieve such > things, >> > like: >> > >> > 1. Datagrid - creating a pdf file, open up in the swf application as > well. >> > 2. Crosstab reports >> > 3. Executive summaries >> > 4. Free-Form reports >> > >> > Basically, am looking on how I would be able to design/generate > reports >> > which could be used in a Flex application. >> > >> > I would certainly welcome advise and feedback on this. Resources for > further >> > explorations on reporting would also be appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > >
