--- Peter Alcibiades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two thoughts. > > One, a big gap in Rev as a general purpose > environment seems to be getting > data out in a structured form. > > [snip] > > Could you do it in Quartam? Probably, but not in > Linux at the moment. > > I don't do this for a living, and restrict my OS > environment, so its an > irritation not a showstopper, and its balanced by > other eases of use in other > areas. If I did it for a living, and on multiple > platforms, it would make > me think long and hard before adopting Rev as the > general tool of choice. >
Hi Peter, Quartam Reports has two parts: the layout builder and the reporting engine. Both of these are built entirely in Revolution - no externals needed (other than the XML library that ships with Rev). Right now, you can layout your reports on MacOSX and Windows only - primarily because those are the two platforms that I use on a daily basis and on which I can easily test my libraries. Linux is a bit of a strange animal in that respect. I own Parallels Desktop, and I do plan to take Ubuntu for a spin and see how well the Quartam Reports layout builder works when built for Linux. In the meantime, I think the majority of Rev developers that cater for Linux, actually do so from their Windows or Mac machines, rather than having Linux as their dedicated development environment. There is also the ambiguity of developing commercial software to run on an FLOSS platform like Linux. I admire you for your ability to stay clear of all Microsoft products. And I will see what I can do in the next update. Best regards, Jan Schenkel. Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
