Hi, For a recent project I've developed a client-side template based report generator with preview, zoom in, zoom out, print, export to pdf (AlivePDF).
If I see interest I'm thinking on releasing the code, and I'm looking forward for contributers. You can see a demo http://www.kemelyon.com/flexreport here Frederico aceoohay wrote: > > In case anyone cares I found a tool that does what I want, no more > and no less. As an added benefit it is Open Source. > > The tool is fyiReporting, at http://www.fyireporting.com it uses the > M$ "Report Definition Language" (rdl spec). It has a gui IDE and a > renderer that can be called from web apps. > > I have begun using it, and it is very easy to use (a few hours and > you can crank out a decent looking report, after that, a simple > report can be done in minutes) reasonably bug free, and all it > requires is a couple of dll's and an .aspx file put on the server. > The only thing it doesn't have that would be nice is output to Excel, > but that is not high on my priority list. > > The only thing that I would improve is the documentation, but the > good news it's pretty simple to setup and use. > > My personal opinion is that someone should use the same M$ spec and > write a version of the renderer for PHP & Java. Since the IDE is > simple, to use and fairlyy robust, converting that could come later, > if ever. > > Paul > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Scott - FastLane > wrote: >> >> In case you are interested in programmatically generating PDFs... > you >> can find a .NET port of the iText library here >> . A quick google > search >> also turned up C# and other versions as well. >> >> hth >> Scott >> >> Scott Melby >> Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC >> http://www.fastlanesw.com >> >> >> >> aceoohay wrote: >> > >> > Thanks for the replies. >> > >> > My backend is ASP.NET (Visual Web Developer Express Edition). >> > >> > I have contacted Yakov Fain of Farata Systems via e-mail, and > their >> > product is a full blown report generator with user designed > reports >> > etc. Their system ClearBI, unless something has changed, requires >> > Apache/Tomcat for hosting the reports, and has more overhead than > I >> > want. >> > >> > How difficult is it to implement Ruport for a non Ruby system? >> > >> > If there was something similar to the old FoxPro reporting tool > that >> > was available for generating reports, that would satisfy most of > what >> > I need. >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > >> > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Report-building.-tp13376870p14438899.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
