Pisa is really nice, but i'm totally pro reportlab. It's true that it is a little heavy but it's a great solution for printing in web2py
Paolo On Dec 24, 3:36 pm, Timothy Farrell <tfarr...@swgen.com> wrote: > Just like you would normally run a long-running process in web2py, os.spawn > is my favorite (python offers numerous methods). > But...do we really want a framework that installs software on demand (without > prompting an admin)? I say, let's just leave it to the humans. It's one > thing to make someone's life easier, it's another to allow them to get away > from a process that they should know about and control (like messing with IP > tables programmatically). > Further driving the point, easy_install installs the latest version of a > package. When I did this, it broke form-encode for me. > -tim > mdipierro wrote:is it possible to call easy_install programmatically? Can > anybody point me to an example? Massimo On Dec 23, 4:21 pm, Timothy > Farrell<tfarr...@swgen.com>wrote:easy_install reportlab dang, that's easy! > ;-) mr.freeze wrote:It would be nice to have a feature system that allows > either manual uploading (similar to the application upload) or on-demand > downloading of components like ReportLab so that each person could customize > their installation as they see fit. Just daydreaming out loud. It would > probably be difficult to implement and maintain. Components like these are > very useful but probably shouldn't be included in the framework by default in > my opinion. Nathan On Dec 23, > 12:41 pm,mdipierro<mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu>wrote:Should we include reportlab > in web2py? pros: web2py lacks printing capability and pdf output may be a > solution the license allows it cons: it doubles the size of web2py there are > alternative such as the openoffice APIs it requires creating a site-package > folder and add it the path Comments? Massimo-- Timothy > Farrell<tfarr...@swgen.com>Computer Guy Statewide General Insurance Agency > (www.swgen.com)-- Timothy Farrell<tfarr...@swgen.com>Computer Guy Statewide > General Insurance Agency (www.swgen.com) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
