On Sun, 2013-01-27 at 02:02 -0800, Randall Morgan wrote: > I have a machine running Gambas and using Apache as a proxy. This > allowed me to develop web apps. This machine does not have open office > installed and being a web server it wont get it. Not because I would > have to pay for it, as you said it is free. But cost is not the only > factor. HD space, processing power, limited ram, etc.. could all be > factors for not installing an open office suite. Yet, it would be nice > to generate reports on the machine for things like traffic and pages > hits, file update times, etc... > > For this reason I think using the report module in Gambas is a better > approach than scripting a solution in external tools. > > For most of my reporting and charting I currently use python modules. > Python has great support for reporting and charting and creating most > reports and charts is pretty simple. I would love to see such > functionality added to Gambas.
Actually, I'm all for multi-solutions. A built in report generator, python hooks and Libre Office hooks. The reason I mention Libreoffice gambas link is that it would turn gambas into industrial strength product overnight (not that it isn't already in many a way!) Imagine for example a gambas program producing a report using Libreoffice that is a presentation with charts and facts extracted for the day from a database, and then using something like espeak to generate the sound file to talk through the presentation. Such a thing could be mailed to all those interested. Very little work for gambas developer if LibreOffice could be auto piloted to do all the work. > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:37 AM, jm <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 17:17 -0800, Randall Morgan wrote: > >> I think the report module is a good thing. You can't always depend on > >> having the open office suite installed on the machine. > > > > You should be able to. Its not pay walled software. > > Its free software. > > And included in most distros. > > > >> I haven't used reports except for a couple small projects quite a > >> while ago. If it does not already contain plot abilities > > > > Libre office has many charting functions, as well as spreadsheets, > > presentations and drawing package. > > > >> I would > >> like to see some of the same features found in matlibplot (python) for > >> generating nice plots and graphs. Or a seperate graphing > >> module added. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:44 AM, jm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 13:11 +0200, Fabien Bodard wrote: > >> >> This is my query... > >> >> > >> >> If you use it tell me what you want to see as improvement... The > >> >> problems > >> >> with it. > >> >> > >> >> If you are not using it but need printing or generate reports. Tell me > >> >> why > >> >> you are not using it. > >> >> > >> >> Thank you > >> >> > >> >> Fabien Bodard > >> > > >> > > >> > I always wondered what the point of a 'report generator' is when > >> > you already have an open source office suit such as LibreOffice > >> > out there. > >> > > >> > All you would need to do is auto-pilot LibreOffice from Gambas programs > >> > and drive it with data generated from inside gambas. Then all the best > >> > reports in best laid out fonts, spreadsheets, presentations, etc, can be > >> > auto generated with all the hard work done LibreOffice!! > >> > > >> > Doubly better if the files that LibreOffice opens such as spread sheets > >> > can be processed to read the data from the spread sheet back into > >> > Gambas. > >> > > >> > Since source code is available for LibreOffice, I assume, its just a > >> > matter of telling LibreOffice developers to make some APIs (if they > >> > don't exist already) that oil this idea through to completion. > >> > > >> > The same idea would work with other software such as gimp to generate > >> > images, inkscape to generate vector graphics, LibreCAD to generate > >> > CAD files from Gambas, 3D files with openscad, custom copper shapes in > >> > KiCAD, Cheese to take photos, something to talk to evolution and > >> > calendar, etc.. > >> > > >> > So in short, if you got source code, and you are not beholden on a > >> > third party to take the next step, then why not work with the other open > >> > source projects extend gambas to > >> > directly control some of the more common packages with emphasis on > >> > the transfer of data back and forth? Report generation is a small and > >> > outdated idea that we forget it only applies to software that has been > >> > walled. Everything that a report generator does is a duplication of > >> > what a word processor already does. And its unlikely to beat it. > >> > > >> > If it were down to me, I'd get rid of anything that looks like > >> > binary data, and make all transfer of data through > >> > simple text files which can be more readily inspected and debugged. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > >> > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > >> > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > >> > MVPs and experts. 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