--- "Bruno Lowagie (iText)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It depends. At Ghent University we still have a
> database
> that doesn't understand SQL (we use D-Isam, a C-Isam
> clone,
> a file based system, accessed using a C JNI; it's a
> legacy).
> In that case, it's handier to write custom classes.
> Also: writing a SAX handler is pretty easy. The S in
> SAX
> stands for Simple (although opinions may vary).
I dont understand that argument - when you are doing a
customized job you have to worry about the connection
to the external datasource AND building an XML
template with itext AND programming itext to do you
bidding
When you use a solution already made for that you only
have to worry about the external data connection - in
my book thats a big difference. And the external
connection can be plugged in really easy in
jasperreports - you dont need to depend on sql, you
can write your custom handle - no matter if you want
to use JNI or not - in essence you will have to do the
same as you would on your full customized project
>
> The same goes for Eclipse/BIRT. Both JasperReports
> and
> Eclipse/BIRT use iText as their PDF engine.
> br,
> Bruno
Interesting, i did not hear about BIRT yet - can you
make any statement regarding it vs jasperreports ? I
can tell you that JR is pretty good, you dont have to
worry about pagination and such - however the limited
styled HTML (richtext) is a minus if you export to PDF
- you will have to extend the pdfexporter class for
more richtext functionallity
>
>
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