Report builder doesn't handle complex reports in excel very well...I looked into that as well. I also believe excel has to be installed for that format to be used. With POI, you don't need excel.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Roberson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 27 January 2006 00:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Building Reports You can always use Macromedia Report Builder, that is what is was created for... http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/reporting/ HTH, Aaron On 1/26/06, Eric Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you know anything about Java, check out the Jakarta Apache > project's POI classes. They allow you to create, edit, delete, > format, etc...office documents without having to install office on > your servers. You can create some pretty awesome excel based reports > with this. I just finished up a contract with a major online learning > company and created some reports with this. I was quite impressed > with them. Here's a link to a site set up by a CF developer with some code to help you set this up. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2006 10:58 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Building Reports > > A client wants to know options for CF report writing for an average > (non-programmer) end user. I know about Crystal Reports (big, hard to > understand and use), and Report Mill (expensive). Are there other > options (browser or non-browser-based)? Can CF7's own reporting tool > be freely distributed to end users. Are there major security risks of > doing so? Is CF7's report writer easy to understand and use by a lay person? > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230665 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
