[flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting
Hi Angelo, thanks for your insights. Finally I ended up doing a similar thing. Since I get my data from PHP Services, I now just send back a print request, which generates the PDF and sends back a link to it, and the Flex Client can navigate to it. I find that this is probably the best solution if you need complex pdfs to be generated, as AlivePDF and FlexReport etc. still have some limitations and I also dont know about their performance. Thanks for the insights, Martin
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting
Hi Martin, WRT your question, yes I was able to write out a little thing relative to Flex reporting. As I am using a .NET web service for the application's data purposes, what I am doing is having my Flex app send the data back for reporting to the same web service. The web service in turn would populate a Crystal report, and the same Crystal Report would be converted into a PDF file which in my Flex application will then display in another browser. I have not been able to do much of the actual PDF being displayed inside Flex application. My apologies for the late reply. I did not notice this email. Regards, Angelo From: martinosaint To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 15 June, 2009 0:10:34 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting Hi Angelo, did you get any further with Flex Report as well? I am now at the point where I need to do some basic reporting (printing a Datagrid with a legend, etc), but somehow I run into troubles with FlexReport. Could you use it? Any other suggestions how I could print a datagrid with colored rows? Thanks, Martin --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, Angelo Anolin wrote: > > Not yet. But would certainly look out for it. > > So far, I am able to generate text based reports which I need in Flex + .NET > + Crystal. > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > _ _ __ > From: bhaq1972 > To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 16:27:00 > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting > > > > > > Have you seen Stimulsoft. One of things it has is a Flex runtime designer > very nice. > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, Angelo Anolin 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] Re: Flex and Reporting
Hi Angelo, did you get any further with Flex Report as well? I am now at the point where I need to do some basic reporting (printing a Datagrid with a legend, etc), but somehow I run into troubles with FlexReport. Could you use it? Any other suggestions how I could print a datagrid with colored rows? Thanks, Martin --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Angelo Anolin wrote: > > Not yet. But would certainly look out for it. > > So far, I am able to generate text based reports which I need in Flex + .NET > + Crystal. > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > From: bhaq1972 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 16:27:00 > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting > > > > > > Have you seen Stimulsoft. One of things it has is a Flex runtime designer > very nice. > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, Angelo Anolin 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. > > >
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting
Not yet. But would certainly look out for it. So far, I am able to generate text based reports which I need in Flex + .NET + Crystal. Thanks. From: bhaq1972 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 16:27:00 Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting Have you seen Stimulsoft. One of things it has is a Flex runtime designer very nice. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, Angelo Anolin 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] Re: Flex and Reporting
Have you seen Stimulsoft. One of things it has is a Flex runtime designervery nice. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Angelo Anolin 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. >
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting
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 : > > 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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Angelo Anolin > 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: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> 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 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 > > > >
[flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting
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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Angelo Anolin 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: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > 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 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] Re: Flex and Reporting
I am currently developing a CRM platform with Flex3 and BIRT. Very powerful reporting. All the functionality of Crystal Reports except its FREE. Supports JavaScripting and Java and I have it running on a JBoss server. I currently have it set up to use iFrames inside Flex (http://www.deitte.com/archives/2006/08/finally_updated.htm), which is a little buggy, to actually display the report inside a panel IN my flex application. If ur not too worried about that, you can just use flex for all the selection criteria, and then do a URLRequest to your JBoss server running the BIRT application, which generates a report in a window that allows you to export to PDF,WORD,EXCEL,PostScript...etc, as well as export to RAW by selecting fields used in the report. It supports table of contents...all kinds of nifty stuff. There is a bit of a learning curve involved tho. Just a heads up. The BIRT Report development environment is an Eclipse plugin that features nice drag and drop, but for real reporting expect to have to write some javascript or java - whichever you are more comfortable with. I didn't really know much of either when I started building with it 4 weeks ago, and now I have a fully functional reporting system with 4 pretty cool reports developed already. Still learning. There is lots of power here. Also, the birt support forums are incredible. Post a question and one of their techs respond within a couple hours usually. Good documentation, and unlike the other reporting suites I evaluated when I was trying to figure out what to go with, you can actually buy books on BIRT. I bought both Addison Wesley's BIRT - A field guide to reporting, and Integrating and Extending BIRT. Good stuff, good luck! http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/ http://www.birt-exchange.org/#newest Amanda
[flexcoders] re: Flex and Reporting
If you have details of where to download this, I'd appreciate you forwarding them to the list. I found the code in google code but it seemed I had to download each .mxml file individually. I'd like to download the entire source as one bundle. I'm keen to use this as it appears to answer the printing questions I've posted recently. If anyone has working examples of printing a textarea using FlexReport, I'd love to see the code. Regards Tony You might wonna look at this: http://www.kemelyon.com/bts/2008/01/14/flexreport/ I have not used it yet, but I am planning to use it for my current app. Hth, martin
[flexcoders] Re: Flex and Reporting
I am using SQL reports with all Flex applications. A SQL report is rendered in an iFrame. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Angelo Anolin 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. >
