Re: [TCLUG:22961] Report Writing Components?

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

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@nerp.net)

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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.
> 
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