On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 17:17 -0800, Randall Morgan wrote: > I think the report module is a good thing. You can't always depend on > having the open office suite installed on the machine.
You should be able to. Its not pay walled software. Its free software. And included in most distros. > I haven't used reports except for a couple small projects quite a > while ago. If it does not already contain plot abilities Libre office has many charting functions, as well as spreadsheets, presentations and drawing package. > I would > like to see some of the same features found in matlibplot (python) for > generating nice plots and graphs. Or a seperate graphing > module added. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:44 AM, jm <j...@martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 13:11 +0200, Fabien Bodard wrote: > >> This is my query... > >> > >> If you use it tell me what you want to see as improvement... The problems > >> with it. > >> > >> If you are not using it but need printing or generate reports. Tell me why > >> you are not using it. > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> Fabien Bodard > > > > > > I always wondered what the point of a 'report generator' is when > > you already have an open source office suit such as LibreOffice > > out there. > > > > All you would need to do is auto-pilot LibreOffice from Gambas programs > > and drive it with data generated from inside gambas. Then all the best > > reports in best laid out fonts, spreadsheets, presentations, etc, can be > > auto generated with all the hard work done LibreOffice!! > > > > Doubly better if the files that LibreOffice opens such as spread sheets > > can be processed to read the data from the spread sheet back into > > Gambas. > > > > Since source code is available for LibreOffice, I assume, its just a > > matter of telling LibreOffice developers to make some APIs (if they > > don't exist already) that oil this idea through to completion. > > > > The same idea would work with other software such as gimp to generate > > images, inkscape to generate vector graphics, LibreCAD to generate > > CAD files from Gambas, 3D files with openscad, custom copper shapes in > > KiCAD, Cheese to take photos, something to talk to evolution and > > calendar, etc.. > > > > So in short, if you got source code, and you are not beholden on a > > third party to take the next step, then why not work with the other open > > source projects extend gambas to > > directly control some of the more common packages with emphasis on > > the transfer of data back and forth? Report generation is a small and > > outdated idea that we forget it only applies to software that has been > > walled. Everything that a report generator does is a duplication of > > what a word processor already does. And its unlikely to beat it. > > > > If it were down to me, I'd get rid of anything that looks like > > binary data, and make all transfer of data through > > simple text files which can be more readily inspected and debugged. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > > MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d > > _______________________________________________ > > Gambas-user mailing list > > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user