i think pdf generation is necessary but the size may affect those user who do not need it.
any convenient way to include reportlab to web2py right now? (at least compatible on win32/osx and linux) -vince On Dec 27, 12:20 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a problem with makingreportlaban appliance. > > Some modules internally use relative paths, some use absolute paths. > > If they use relative paths, it does not matter where the are located. > They can be, for example, into an appliance. All current web2py > modules use relative paths thus web2py never alters sys.path. > > If they use absolute paths (likereportlabdoes) they must be located > in a folder that is listed in sys.path. An app cannot alter sys.path > because that is not completely thread safe. > > One solution would be to give web2py it's own site-packages folder > where apps can install-uninstall additional global modules. > This would be fine for users running the windows binary distribution > but I am sure anybody running from source will oppose it. > > In order to includereportlabin web2py I would have to append gluon/ > contrib to sys.path. > > Massimo > > On Dec 26, 8:18 am, dhmorgan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I likeReportLaband think of PDF generation as a necessary component. > > I also know it took some time to get a handle on using it. I wouldn't > > worry about how much size it adds as much as the overhead of making > > and keeping it easy to use. Seems that it should be an appliance > > rather than something built into web2py. > > > On Dec 24, 11:23 am, pmate <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Pisa is really nice, but i'm totally proreportlab. > > > It's true that it is a little heavy but it's a great solution for > > > printing in web2py > > > > Paolo > > > > On Dec 24, 3:36 pm, Timothy Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just like you would normally run a long-running process in web2py, > > > > os.spawn is my favorite (python offers numerous methods). > > > > But...do we really want a framework that installs software on demand > > > > (without prompting an admin)? I say, let's just leave it to the > > > > humans. It's one thing to make someone's life easier, it's another to > > > > allow them to get away from a process that they should know about and > > > > control (like messing with IP tables programmatically). > > > > Further driving the point, easy_install installs the latest version of > > > > a package. When I did this, it broke form-encode for me. > > > > -tim > > > > mdipierro wrote:is it possible to call easy_install programmatically? > > > > Can anybody point me to an example? Massimo On Dec 23, 4:21 pm, Timothy > > > > Farrell<[email protected]>wrote:easy_installreportlabdang, that's > > > > easy! ;-) mr.freeze wrote:It would be nice to have a feature system > > > > that allows either manual uploading (similar to the application upload) > > > > or on-demand downloading of components likeReportLabso that each person > > > > could customize their installation as they see fit. Just daydreaming > > > > out loud. It would probably be difficult to implement and maintain. > > > > Components like these are very useful but probably shouldn't be > > > > included in the framework by default in my opinion. Nathan On Dec 23, > > > > 12:41 pm,mdipierro<[email protected]>wrote:Should we > > > > includereportlabin web2py? pros: web2py lacks printing capability and > > > > pdf output may be a solution the license allows it cons: it doubles the > > > > size of web2py there are alternative such as the openoffice APIs it > > > > requires creating a site-package folder and add it the path Comments? > > > > Massimo-- Timothy Farrell<[email protected]>Computer Guy Statewide > > > > General Insurance Agency (www.swgen.com)-- Timothy > > > > Farrell<[email protected]>Computer Guy Statewide General Insurance > > > > Agency (www.swgen.com) > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
