I've heard that a couple of times now, but I don't think I could get permission to run another server, and I somehow doubt the security people would be down with it.
denstar wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There are several well known ways of generating word documents, xml, >> html with cfcontent/header, and I hear POI although I haven't used it. >> >> I have a need to be able to create a word document and do page >> numbering, and have access to the header and footer to add letterhead >> and document classification information. I'm wondering if anyone can >> point me towards a solution that does this other than CF Report Builder? > > My stock answer is "JasperReports". iReport is the visual designer, > and it's quite nice (destroys the Report Builder, IMO). > > It has it's own XML format for creating reports, which is swell for > use with some kind of code generator. > > Building PDFs and word docs and whatnot can eat up a lot of CPU cycles > on a loaded server, so I started using JasperServer on a separate box, > and just talk to it through the webservice it provides. > > It exports reports in PDF, RTF, XLS, CSV, and jasperserver will do > auto-email stuff, so every Tuesday you can automatically send someone > a report, or whatever. > > We've had great experiences with this setup. YMMV. > -denny > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307222 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
