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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Best approach to printing reports?
From:       Michael Goffioul <goffioul () imec ! be>
Date:       2002-01-31 15:40:02
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> I'm developing a KDE2 postgresql database application, and
> at times need to generate the typical printed report.
> 
> Drawing all the graphic lines, calculating all the positions
> of the fields seems to be a little pendantic, especially
> when I know users will want changes later.
> 
> For widgets we have neat tools like QT Designer.  But is
> there any tool to do forms layout for reports?  Or is my
> approach wrong (using qpaint on a kprinter object)?

I think this is the goal of kugar: to generate configurable
printed reports based on a data set and a report template
(defined in a XML file). It's part of koffice.

Bye.
Michael.

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