I'm still thinking about that.  At the bare minimum, I would use Struts
form/tags to collect the parameters an have the backend business logic
obtain the reporting info in value objects and have the Struts tags (ie.
iterate) help in rendering the report as a simple html report.  That's kind
of basic but would not likely render well for printing.  Our reporting
requirements are pretty minimal at this point so I do not want to go
overboard with an elaborate and expensive reporting package.  I am wondering
if there is something in between that is not overly complicated or expensive
to develop but would render better than simple html.

I like the idea of generating pdf but I am concerned that it could either be
expensive and/or complicated to setup.  Am I wrong here?

Any thoughts.

Michelle

-----Original Message-----
From: John M. Corro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:55 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Struts for reporting?


To what extent do you mean use Struts?  Using actual Struts mechanisms to
generate a report (can't think of anything right off hand that would do that
for you...except maybe the connection pooler) or just use Struts to collect
some report parameters, then direct off to some reporting beans/packages?  I
haven't used any inherent Struts functionality to directly build reports,
but I've used ActionForms to collect report query parameters then use
Castor/FOP to build PDF reports which are then streamed back to the client.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Popovits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:37 AM
Subject: Struts for reporting?


> Anyone used Struts to develop reports?
> I am tasked with the job of writing reports and will need to determine if
I
> can just use Struts or if I should use something in conjunction with
Struts
> or WebApp.
>
> Any to consider?
> Ideas?  Suggestions?
>
> Michelle
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