You can use JSP, XML, XSL using Cocoon to produce PDF as well :) Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Sandquist" <tsandqui at yahoo.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22961] Report Writing Components? > Also, I remember seeing that php had some pdf stuff in it. Didn't look > at it too deeply but that might be worth looking at. > > If you are gonna use ldap it probably wouldn't take much to set up a > perl script to process an ldif file. > > Dunno. Sounds like a fun project though. > Man, I wish I had more time. > > Tim > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 07:13:55PM -0500, Ben Kochie wrote: > > hrm.. you could write some perl scripts to output html.. and use an > > html->ps converter.. or html->pdf. (or as carl says.. sgml :) > > there are also a few crystal style report writers out there for unix.. tho > > they are very expensive.. couple thousand.. but they have direct db access > > for a lot of big ones.. like oracle or sybase so you don't have to use > > ODBC > > > > Thank You, > > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] > > | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] > > | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] > > | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Bob Tanner wrote: > > > > > This is a problem I have been struggling with for some time. > > > > > > Many productivity appplications are moving to the web, but the single biggest > > > problem I can see is printing. > > > > > > Sure, you can have great looking html, but when you print it from the browser, > > > it just sucks. > > > > > > Many applications store their data in a database, but as LDAP get more press, > > > many thing in a database might (should?) move to LDAP. > > > > > > Are there any open source tools that will help you write reports using a > > > database or directory server as a data repository? > > > > > > Ideally, you could save the reports as pdf, since that seems to be universal > > > enough. > > > > > > -- > > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (612)943-8700 > > > http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (612)943-8500 > > > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org