On Dec 28, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Youri wrote:
Hi,
As a matter of interest (for a quite Newbie), what technic(s) are
the most popular among RB developers to print datas out of RB in
Database Apps?
For instance :
1 - For Printing Invoices, Delivery notes etc…
Do you create windows with Container Control that your print on
demand?
Do you draw all the form using Graphics, Canvas etc…?
Do you use file template, like for instance a .rtf file with a set
of fields (ie <Name>) that you replace with RB and rely on Word,
OpenOffice etc… to output?
2 - Here comes the difficult one : Reports with sub-totals etc…
Do you rely on export-import sequences using Excel?
Do you draw everything with RB?
???
I must admit, that IMHO, the biggest weakness of RB for developping
DB apps is the printing of reports (not to forget also the
"listcontrol").
Several
1) output raw data that is automatically imported into another tool
(like Excel or FileMaker)
2) write an Excel file directly (not using Office Automation though)
3) PDF using a "template" system I wrote that allows a user to set
up a template PDF that then is filled in with blocks of data they can
specify in a designer tool
4) OnTargetReports
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