On 17 Feb 15:15, Marco Huymajer wrote: > * Cédric Krier <cedric.kr...@b2ck.com> [15.02 00:16]: > > > > The problem with the pure client side solution is that it doesn't solve > > > the problem of having one single PDF for a "type 2 report". > > > > Why restricting to PDF? > > Because I could not imagine a more generic solution and PDF is pretty much > standard when it comes to printing.
PDF was standardized quite recently (2008) and even it is not fully open. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF > > > Further more > > > the client side solution will not work in Sao. > > > > What do you say that? > > Because I can not see how Sao could call something like "lpr" or "xdg-open". That's managed by the browser using the MIME type. > > There is only styling issue. At the TUB, we talked about creating a > > zipfile containing each report, the client will just open the > > directory with all the documents and the user will be able to request to > > his OS to print all the file at once. > > Seems like a more generic and versatile solution than the PDF merging > approach. > > You mean server-side zip all the documents and send the zip file to the > client? Yes. > The unzipping is done by tryton or the zip file is just opened? To test but I guess let the OS opening the zip could be good enough. > What about sending a link of a temporary WebDAV collection to the client? Because when do you remove the temporary link? More over, I think webdav should not be in the core but just a module and so we should not rely on it. > That would make it possible to asynchronously generate the reports without > blocking the client until they are ready. That's the pool connection: http://codereview.tryton.org/3471002/ And your proposal will not fix it. PS: If you have other questions about the development of Tryton, you should ask on tryton-dev@ -- Cédric Krier - B2CK SPRL Email/Jabber: cedric.kr...@b2ck.com Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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