Hi Joël, I never tested this module but I just skimmed quickly trough the code and it seems to me as powerful as unusable for human beings :D
Jokes apart, how do you know what the result will be like? You have to compile the report every time you change it... or not? And, since it is a "python-report" you have to restart the server every time, isn't it? Cheers Joël Grand-Guillaume wrote: > Hi all ! > > > I'm really enthusiastic with all this new place to share our idea and make > this project better ! > > I contribute to the list of the reporting system for OpenERP, and I > completely agree we need more than one system. > > OpenOffice is perfect (or will be perfect : I agree with both Raphaël & > Sharoon suggestions) for simple report case, > but when it became more complicated, then it's not enough. > It become heavy to make the treatments before rendering the report. They also > are quite slow, > Ok, not a huge trouble until you overpass the client delay :( ! I experienced > it my-self with financial reporting which > could be very long !! > > We, at Camptocamp, develop our own engine based on ReportLab Library > directly. You can find it into the module: > > c2c_reporting_tools > > This system is designed to print 3 kinds of reports really easily : > > - Lists (with page break, page number, header splitting, etc..) > - OpenERP "tree" structure (with nice indentation and so) > - Gantt chart with different scale and colors (this last one break till Tiny > remove the "remove parent node" function, we still need to fix it :( > > It's clearly a reporting system for developer, which allow you to code your > report with python code only :) ! > You say, add column, add line and so... > > Characteristics : > > - Fast report coding, specially adapted for OpenERP type of object (list, > tree, parent, child, etc...) > - Fast rendering > - Output pdf > - Only python code for report generation > - Easy to maintain (no need to look into both python and RML stuff) > - Depend on ReportLab > > Regards, > > > Joël -- Simone Orsi simone.orsi<at>domsense.com Via Alliaudi, 19 - 10064 - Pinerolo (TO) - Italy Mobile: (+39) 3475004046 - Fax: (+39) 01214469718 Domsense Srl http://www.domsense.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-expert-framework Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-expert-framework More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
