RE: Formatting reports with Python

2002-10-21 Thread Larry Bates
8 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeremy Dillworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Formatting reports with Python To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have some experience with option 1. I definitely cannot recommend it. Number 2 sounds best. You may want to have a look at Zope... don't know what they are using to

RE: Formatting reports with Python

2002-10-18 Thread Stefan Kuzminski
We just completed a multi month effort which is just this project. It generats HTML tables and graphs and Excel spreadsheets ( through COM ). Reportlab and LaTex could have worked technically but didn't quite fit the client's existing culture. The graphs are done with http://biggles.sourceforge.n

RE: Formatting reports with Python

2002-10-18 Thread Henning von Bargen
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Bob Kline [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Freitag, 18. Oktober 2002 13:34 > An: Kári Harðarson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: Formatting reports with Python > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Kári Harðarson wrote: > > &g

RE: Formatting reports with Python

2002-10-18 Thread Henning von Bargen
A very interesting topic. I am in the same position. > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Kári Harðarson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Freitag, 18. Oktober 2002 12:54 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Formatting reports with Python > > Hello all, > > I would like to get

Re: Formatting reports with Python

2002-10-18 Thread Bob Kline
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Kári Harðarson wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to get some opinionated opinions from you > on a design decision I have to make. > > The system we write and sell is written in Python, and now we need > reports on paper. Until now, all reports have been made available > fr

Re: Formatting reports with Python

2002-10-18 Thread Jeremy Dillworth
I have some experience with option 1. I definitely cannot recommend it. Number 2 sounds best. You may want to have a look at Zope... don't know what they are using to do it (maybe ReportLab), but I remember seeing among its list of features that it could dynamically-generate PDF's. hope this he