On 10/26/2010 06:18 AM, Ed Keith wrote:
I need to generate PDF files and I'm exploring what tools to use. I was planing
on using ReportLab, but recently found some references to pango
(http://www.pango.org/) and ciaro (http://cairographics.org/) being able to
generate PDF files. But am having difficulty finding details.
The program must be cross platform, it needs to run on both windows and Mac and
might need to run on Linux in the future. It needs to generate both reports and
tables and I would like to make the layout as user configurable as practical.
Can pango - ciaro do this. How do they compare to ReportLab? Are there other
options I have overlooked?
-EdK
Ed Keith
e_...@yahoo.com
Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com
Try a package named reportlab. It's very comprehensive, opensource,
written in Python and is cross-platform:
http://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/
Here's the Ubuntu Description:
ReportLab library to create PDF documents using Python
ReportLab is a library that lets you directly create documents in
Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) using the Python programming
language.
ReportLab library creates PDF based on graphics commands without
intervening steps. It's therefore extremely fast, and flexible (since
you're using a full-blown programming language).
Sample use cases are:
* Dynamic PDF generation on the web
* High-volume corporate reporting and database publishing
* As embeddable print engine for other applications, including a
'report language' so that users can customize their own reports.
* As 'build system' for complex documents with charts, tables and text
such as management accounts, statistical reports and scientific papers
* from XML to PDF in one step
Luck,
Gary Herron
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