>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Amies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alex> I guess you want drawings or charts. Normally, when I think of reports Alex> I Alex> think of long tables. We are using apache FOP to produce pdf's for Alex> that. Alex> I think that using a codec to produce gif's or png's would come out Alex> better Alex> for report-type images than jpg's. You can get a gif codec at Alex> www.acme.com. The problem with using images embedded in html is that Alex> users Alex> cannot save without saving all the embedded images, Javascript, and CSS. I realized that PNGs would probably be better, assuming everything in my tool chain can handle them. My reports are essentially report cards, with very minimal graphics, some minor font variations, several tables with headers, perhaps some different colored rows, etcetera. Each card will print on a single page, but a "print job" will most likely require printing all the cards for a single class. I'm hoping that I can have an "invisible" applet in the browser (using the plugin) which will receive the PNG from a servlet, and then render it in a hidden panel with Java2D and the print API. -- =================================================================== David M. Karr ; w:(425)487-8312 ; TCSI & Best Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Java/Unix/XML/C++/X ; BrainBench CJ12P (#12004) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
