pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: > Can you share your thoughts on why you chose to base the Dabo report > writer off of ReportLab vs. the Open Office word processor?
Well it wasn't either/or. There are other options out there too. I simply chose something easy to use, written in python, that gave the desired output (pdf). I think there's room to develop different outputs, including open office writer. The one I've been thinking about is to output to wx.PostscriptDC and wx.PaintDC, to print directly to a printer and to display on a wx.Window, respectively. > My assumption is that ReportLab removes the dependency of a large > application like Writer. But Writer might(?) allow you to generate Open > Office compatible markup that shifts calculations for group height, page > breaks, headers, footers, etc to the Writer engine vs. your code? It would be a different style of output, sure. > I haven't tried to automate Writer so I don't know how big the > integration gap is or how version dependent Writer files are. I've never tried automating OpenOffice either, but I know that there's the pyUno bridge for the purpose. OpenOffice automation is done in Java (yuck) but I think pyUno lets you write python code to do it. Be my guest! :) Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4a12033b.2020...@ulmcnett.com
