Hi there, We are building web application in ruby. we want to build some reports. I have read that ruport is the tool which helps to build reports. but while installing ruport using command sudo gem install ruport -y it takes too much time in installation. i had given this comamnd since past 10 min what can be the problem ? I would appreciate if someone provide the help -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Jack, I''m afraid that for all practical purposes, Ruport is simply an illusion. I''ve approached their forum with pleas for help and been reprimanded for doing so. I''ve scoured the web and cannot find any training documentation, nor is this product mentioned in any Rails books. They have no practical examples and I must assume the only people who use this are into decyphering code. If you do hear of a (learnable) reporting strategy I would be grateful to hear your findings. David On May 16, 12:48 am, jack <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi there, > > We are building web application in ruby. we want to build some > reports. I have read that ruport is the tool which helps to build > reports. but while installing ruport > using command > sudo gem install ruport -y > > it takes too much time in installation. > i had given this comamnd since past 10 min > what can be the problem ? > > I would appreciate if someone provide the help > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi, Coming from the java world, my bigger problem to turn to RoR technology was the reporting part. Is there a real reporting solution in the RoR world? I don''t think so. I solved my problem by looking to java solutions, those I knew good, stable and pro. My final solution is a bridge to a JasperReports engine. Works like a charm. My 2 cents. Richard> -----Message d''origine----- > De : rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > [mailto:rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org] De la part de BraveDave > Envoyé : jeudi 17 mai 2007 13:40 > À : Ruby on Rails: Talk > Objet : [Rails] Re: how to build report in rails > > > Jack, > I''m afraid that for all practical purposes, Ruport is simply > an illusion. I''ve approached their forum with pleas for help > and been reprimanded for doing so. I''ve scoured the web and > cannot find any training documentation, nor is this product > mentioned in any Rails books. They have no practical examples > and I must assume the only people who use this are into > decyphering code. > If you do hear of a (learnable) reporting strategy I would be > grateful to hear your findings. > David > > On May 16, 12:48 am, jack <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > We are building web application in ruby. we want to build some > > reports. I have read that ruport is the tool which helps to build > > reports. but while installing ruport using command > > sudo gem install ruport -y > > > > it takes too much time in installation. > > i had given this comamnd since past 10 min what can be the > problem ? > > > > I would appreciate if someone provide the help > > > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 17, 7:40 am, BraveDave <DauntlessDa...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Jack, > I''m afraid that for all practical purposes,Ruportis simply an > illusion. I''ve approached their forum with pleas for help and been > reprimanded for doing so.Actually, you approached our mailing list with a request for a Rails consultant to help you with a query. You might find such a person on our list, but a much better place to ask questions like that are lists that are Rails specific. http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports/browse_thread/thread/e133a153f5908861 Then, you decided that we were unwilling to help without asking anything about Ruport, and moved along to post rudely about us elsewhere http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports/browse_thread/thread/1dad0006c8b0a14c It''s true that there isn''t much Rails documentation on Ruport because Ruport is first and foremost a Ruby library. We''re working on some rails centric examples, in the mean time, there are several active record based examples distributed with the source that might be helpful to folks here: http://tinyurl.com/yrlteg There is also a basic examples page on our website, which admittedly is brand new, due to the recent 1.0 release: http://rubyreports.org/examples.html We also have a few tutorials available: http://stonecode.svnrepository.com/ruport/trac.cgi/wiki/TutorialsAndArticles Finally, you can find our (almost fully documented) API at: http://api.rubyreports.org Despite Dave''s feelings on this, our list has actually the opposite reputation. We welcome people to come and ask all sorts of questions, and we routinely help people get stuff running on Rails. The documentation is not quite as good as it should be, but this is largely due to a fast moving target developed by volunteers (The same issue as any other free software project). We''d love to get more insight from our Rails users, and if anyone would like to help contribute doc patches or tutorials, that''d be great. The list archive is also a great place to search for rails related info on ruport. http://list.rubyreports.org -greg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 16, 1:48 am, jack <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi there, > > We are building web application in ruby. we want to build some > reports. I have read thatruportis the tool which helps to build > reports. but while installingruport > using command > sudo gem installruport-y > > it takes too much time in installation. > i had given this comamnd since past 10 min > what can be the problem ?Hi Jack. You may have hit a RubyForge hiccup. Perhaps try the install again? It shouldn''t take more than 30s - 1 minute, i''d expect. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 17, 8:41 am, "Fred Lamuette" <fred.lamue...-QFKgK+z4sOrR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi, > Coming from the java world, my bigger problem to turn to RoR technology was > the reporting part. Is there a real reporting solution in the RoR world? I > don''t think so. > I solved my problem by looking to java solutions, those I knew good, stable > and pro. > My final solution is a bridge to a JasperReports engine. Works like a charm.Hi Fred. It''s true Ruby has nothing comprehensive like JasperReports. Ruport is more aiming for people who want to build custom reporting applications from the ground up. I''ve heard good things about but not yet tried out ActiveWarehouse, I''m not sure if that would solve some of the more rails-centric problems we''re not tackling in Ruport. I''m interested in the JasperReports bridge idea though, some folks have expressed interest in getting that kind of integration with Ruport, and I''m open to the idea. Is there an open source bridge available? If so, I''d like to look at it and see if there are good ways to utilize it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
alexander-0M91wEDH++c@public.gmane.org
2007-May-17 13:52 UTC
Re: how to build report in rails
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Ruport is great. I wish it was around when we first starting writing reports. We only have a need for PDF report, so we use Austin Ziegler''s fantastic pdf library here: http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/ I''ve been very very pleasantly suprised with the performance Austin has squeezed out of that library... I believe Ruport uses it and other libraries as well... As always it depends on your needs...Ruport can handle the common cases pretty well IMO. If you are looking for a gui tool like crystal reports or something, I couldn''t find much a year ago. I don''t like them anyway but some people do. :) On May 17, 9:46 am, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.br...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On May 17, 7:40 am, BraveDave <DauntlessDa...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > Jack, > > I''m afraid that for all practical purposes,Ruportis simply an > > illusion. I''ve approached their forum with pleas for help and been > > reprimanded for doing so. > > Actually, you approached our mailing list with a request for a Rails > consultant > to help you with a query. You might find such a person on our list, > but a much > better place to ask questions like that are lists that are Rails > specific. > > http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports/browse_thread/thread/e133... > > Then, you decided that we were unwilling to help without asking > anything about Ruport, > and moved along to post rudely about us elsewhere > > http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports/browse_thread/thread/1dad... > > It''s true that there isn''t much Rails documentation on Ruport because > Ruport is first > and foremost a Ruby library. We''re working on some rails centric > examples, in the mean > time, there are several active record based examples distributed with > the source > that might be helpful to folks here: > > http://tinyurl.com/yrlteg > > There is also a basic examples page on our website, which admittedly > is brand new, > due to the recent 1.0 release: > > http://rubyreports.org/examples.html > > We also have a few tutorials available: > > http://stonecode.svnrepository.com/ruport/trac.cgi/wiki/TutorialsAndA... > > Finally, you can find our (almost fully documented) API at: > > http://api.rubyreports.org > > Despite Dave''s feelings on this, our list has actually the opposite > reputation. We welcome people to come and ask all sorts of questions, > and we routinely help people get stuff running on Rails. The > documentation is not quite as good as it should be, but this is > largely due to a fast moving target developed by volunteers (The same > issue as any other free software project). > > We''d love to get more insight from our Rails users, and if anyone > would like to help contribute doc patches or tutorials, that''d be > great. > The list archive is also a great place to search for rails related > info on ruport. > > http://list.rubyreports.org > > -greg--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> Then, you decided that we were unwilling to help without asking > anything about Ruport, > and moved along to post rudely about us elsewhere > > http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports/browse_thread/thread/1dad...Hear hear. BraveDave treated Goldberg similarly when he approached our community for help, but for some reason left disappointed. He took a swipe at us in another thread: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/a5366df5520a2cc1/a1513de9b69c3b09?lnk=st&q=&rnum=22#a1513de9b69c3b09 In my observation Greg and the Ruport community are very courteous and helpful. Back on topic: I''m from the competition (friendly competition, I hope). My new project "Documatic" is a report generator that uses OpenDocument as its format. It''s another alternative you might consider. http://documatic.240gl.org Regards, Dave Nelson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 17, 9:53 am, "dan.hatfield" <dan.hatfi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Ruport is great. I wish it was around when we first starting writing > reports.Thanks Dan!> We only have a need for PDF report, so we use Austin Ziegler''s > fantastic pdf library here:http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/ > > I''ve been very very pleasantly suprised with the performance Austin > has squeezed out of that library...> I believe Ruport uses it and other libraries as well...We sure do, it''s the most comprehensive pure Ruby PDF lib out there, even with its warts. Recently, we''ve been recommending that people subclass a Ruport PDF formatter and use our pdf_writer_proxy mainly because we fix several bugs in PDF::Writer, including the massive memory consumption issue with Simple Tables and several other issues as well. This also as a side effect gives you the helpers we''ve added as well. http://stonecode.svnrepository.com/ruport/trac.cgi/wiki/PdfProxy We''re working on patching back to PDF::Writer now. Austin hasn''t had the time to maintain it (even though most of the patches in Ruport were provided by him!), but he is getting a branch set up where one of our contributors can start fixing the bugs we fix in Ruport, and possibly bringing some of the helpers back upstream.> As always it depends on your needs...Ruport can handle the common > cases pretty well IMO.Yeah, it''s definitely a situation with Ruport in which you''re going to win if either a) you have a super common report you want to build or b) you want to build your own reporting system from the ground up, but want unified support for all the supporting libs and a consistent interface What I''m hoping is that folks will start contributing higher level tools to ruport-util that solve specific needs. That package already includes invoice support, and we''re working on things like PDF forms and possibly labels and things like that, and I''m hoping as people play around with Ruport and build useful things, that they''ll be willing to patch back or at least release gem_plugins...> If you are looking for a gui tool like crystal reports or something, I > couldn''t find much a year ago. I don''t like them anyway but some > people do. :)As far as I know, this is still the case. The only mature project like this is now in Java / JRuby and I think it has stagnated. (DataVision) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 17, 10:02 am, urbanus <urba...-f4ka5phDm1zYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Back on topic: I''m from the competition (friendly competition, I > hope). My new project "Documatic" is a report generator that uses > OpenDocument as its format. It''s another alternative you might > consider.I''ve been working on the energon code trying to port it to Ruport under the hood. It was my original hope that tools like this would be built using Ruport, not a part of Ruport itself. I am definitely going to dig around in documatic, and possibly send you some ideas and patches if it''s cleaner under the hood than I found energon to be. This doc substitution idea seems like a great one to me... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi Greg,> built using Ruport, not a part of Ruport itself. I am definitely > going to dig around in documatic, and possibly send you some ideas andThat would be most welcome, thank you very much.> patches if it''s cleaner under the hood than I found energon to be.*Fingers collar nervously.* The compiler code is a horror of regular expressions, I''m afraid. I hope that doesn''t put you off. But any suggestions for clarification and improvement would also be welcome.> This doc substitution idea seems like a great one to me...I took that approach because I don''t like using builder-style solutions for visual, printable output. It takes too much time to fiddle everything into the right shape. I think using a graphical user interface (OpenOffice.org) for the visual aspects, and using code for the data aspects is the perfect mix... at least for me. :) Regards, Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 17, 10:17 am, urbanus <urba...-f4ka5phDm1zYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > patches if it''s cleaner under the hood than I found energon to be. > > *Fingers collar nervously.* The compiler code is a horror of regular > expressions, I''m afraid. I hope that doesn''t put you off. But any > suggestions for clarification and improvement would also be welcome.This might give me a good enough use case to build the Ruport plugin I''ve been meaning to for JEG2''s yet to be released GhostWheel packrat parser. I need to see how things go in the next few days, I''m trying to keep myself away from coding for at least a little while, considering all the work that went into Ruport 1.0. If you don''t hear from me in a week or so, send me a mail and remind me, because I know I''ll need something like this at work soon. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I''m sorry, bridge is not the correct word, interface would be more relevant. Actually I followed the following process : http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoIntegrateJasperReports> -----Message d''origine----- > De : rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > [mailto:rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org] De la part de Gregory Brown > Envoyé : jeudi 17 mai 2007 15:51 > À : Ruby on Rails: Talk > Objet : [Rails] Re: how to build report in rails > > > > > On May 17, 8:41 am, "Fred Lamuette" <fred.lamue...-QFKgK+z4sOrR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > Coming from the java world, my bigger problem to turn to RoR > > technology was the reporting part. Is there a real > reporting solution > > in the RoR world? I don''t think so. > > I solved my problem by looking to java solutions, those I > knew good, > > stable and pro. > > My final solution is a bridge to a JasperReports engine. > Works like a charm. > > Hi Fred. It''s true Ruby has nothing comprehensive like JasperReports. > Ruport is more aiming for people who want to build custom > reporting applications from the ground up. I''ve heard good > things about but not yet tried out ActiveWarehouse, I''m not > sure if that would solve some of the more rails-centric > problems we''re not tackling in Ruport. > > I''m interested in the JasperReports bridge idea though, some > folks have expressed interest in getting that kind of > integration with Ruport, and I''m open to the idea. Is there > an open source bridge available? If so, I''d like to look at > it and see if there are good ways to utilize it. > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On May 17, 1:10 pm, "Fred Lamuette" <fred.lamue...-QFKgK+z4sOrR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''m sorry, bridge is not the correct word, interface would be more relevant. > Actually I followed the following process :http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoIntegrateJasperReportsInteresting. I''ll need to look a little deeper into this, though I''m not sure at a quick glance where it''d fit into Ruport. If anyone has any good ideas about this down the line, please come share them on our mailing list. -greg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi,> Despite Dave''s feelings on this, our list has actually the opposite > reputation. We welcome people to come and ask all sorts of questions, > and we routinely help people get stuff running on Rails.This is so true. I came there a few weeks ago and was completly lost using ruport for generating some basic pdf output in my rails application. The list, and especially Gregory, were extremly helpful. By now I''m using ruport to create a few very simple pdf reports in my app. Regards, Timo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Another option for report generation is to outsource the problem. I''ve been doing a bit of work extracting records into Adobe XFDF format using builder. This allows you to create a Form PDF in OpenOffice (or even Acrobat if you''re into buying software). You then store the template Form PDF on a web server somewhere (Amazon S3 is as good a place as any), and send back an XFDF file containing a web reference to the PDF template. On the client the web browser will launch Acrobat Reader and it will then automatically merge the data with the template and you have your report. That way I can give the report layout to the designers and they can get all arty in QuarkExpress or whatever it is they use. The main issue is making sure that the client has Acrobat integration set up correctly in their browsers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
alexander-0M91wEDH++c@public.gmane.org
2007-May-18 13:01 UTC
Re: how to build report in rails
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Another interesting alternative... but you are still stuck with the pdf format. I like the JasperReports approach, one template -> engine-managed generation in multi export formats (pdf, rtf, excel, ...)> -----Message d''origine----- > De : rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > [mailto:rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org] De la part de Neil Wilson > Envoyé : vendredi 18 mai 2007 14:58 > À : Ruby on Rails: Talk > Objet : [Rails] Re: how to build report in rails > > > Another option for report generation is to outsource the problem. > > I''ve been doing a bit of work extracting records into Adobe > XFDF format using builder. This allows you to create a Form > PDF in OpenOffice (or even Acrobat if you''re into buying > software). You then store the template Form PDF on a web > server somewhere (Amazon S3 is as good a place as any), and > send back an XFDF file containing a web reference to the PDF template. > > On the client the web browser will launch Acrobat Reader and > it will then automatically merge the data with the template > and you have your report. > > That way I can give the report layout to the designers and > they can get all arty in QuarkExpress or whatever it is they use. > > The main issue is making sure that the client has Acrobat > integration set up correctly in their browsers. > > > > > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---