Dan Morgan wrote: > First, I apologize if this email is directed to the wrong place or > people. > > I'm working with the pre-2.0 beta version of the database. I really > love the entire OOo environment. > > What can anyone do to speed up or help with the database reporting > side of the the project. I'm pretty good with Crystal Reports, but > I'm not a programmer. Has anyone looked into getting a "widget" > written for Crystal Reports that would allow it to read the OOo > database files? > > Could the mailmerge code of Writer be expanded or changed to allow > database reporting? > > I'll keep checking the site to see if any of my skills are worthy to > be donated in the project. > > > Thanx, > > I've been working on a PDF Report Writer, named PDF::ReportWriter, for a while now. It's written in Perl. I'm not sure whether that makes it unsuitable for OO or not. I would say that this isn't a problem, but that's just me. PDF::ReportWriter is a part of an umbrella project, Axis Not Evil, which is a suit of open-source, cross-platform Perl modules that combine to provide an alternative to a /'leading'/ software vendor's RAD design tool for database access. ie it's competition for OpenOffice's database module. Not to worry though ... I think we're targetting different people with different needs. If people are interested in somehow including PDF::ReportWriter in OpenOffice, then that's fine by me, particularly if it means more people adding more features :)
Anyway, I've just done a release a couple of minutes ago. Check out: http://entropy.homelinux.org/axis_not_evil/ and click on either the 'Reports' link at the top, or the 'PDF::ReportWriter' link in the middle of the main page. There is a very small demo app on the download page which produces the output on the 'screenshots' page. -- Daniel Kasak IT Developer NUS Consulting Group Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060 T: (+61) 2 9922-7676 / F: (+61) 2 9922 7989 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.nusconsulting.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
