[Gramps-devel] Re: [Gramps-users] Improving reports.

[Bruce D. <bde...@co...>]

Don,  when I did the original DetAncestralReport I had patched in the 
following option list in the code.  This was as much for development as for 
final version.  As you and the Gramps community consider the merging the text 
reports you might consider starting with this or a similar list.  Of course 
the final options should be put it into a GUI display but this is not 
particularly difficult if the option list has been stablized.

Since it took just a matter of hours to convert DetAncestralReport to 
DetDescendantReport I think it is possible to have one text report with 
Ancestor/Descendant option for Gramps.

Photos should difinitely be included in the report.  I had in prototype the 
ability to display photos on the (1) left at the start of an individual with 
wrap on/off, (2) on the right, and (3) collection of images (mini album) 
following the individual (after the children list).  I think these should be 
the minimum photo/image set of features.

Adding options such as photos is no trivial task, most of my time back then 
was studying and experimenting with the XML for OpenOffice and Kword.  I am 
sure much has changed since then, but adding a general photo/image insert 
feature could still be a test.  Back then I found HTML much easier to work 
with, mainly because it was better documented.  (BTW I have no experience 
with Abiword.)

The following is copied from DetAncestralReport.py
        ### Initialize report options###

        #Use first name in place of he or she in text
        self.firstName= reportOptions.Yes

        #Use year only, not full date/month
        self.fullDate= reportOptions.Yes

        #Do not list children
        self.listChildren= reportOptions.Yes

        #Add stepchildren to the list of children
        #self.addStepChildren= reportOptions.Yes

        #Print notes
        self.includeNotes= reportOptions.Yes

        #Selectively print notes (omit private information)
        #self.omitPrivInfo= reportOptions.No

        #generate header for each page, specify text
        #self.noHeader= reportOptions.Yes

        #Inculde reference notes
        #self.noRefNotes= reportOptions.Yes

        #Include source notes
        #self.noSourceNotes= reportOptions.Yes

        #Replace missing Place with ___________
        self.blankPlace= reportOptions.No

        #Replace missing dates with __________
        self.blankDate= reportOptions.No

        #Omit country code
        #self.noCountryInfo= reportOptions.No

        #Put title before or after name (Dr., Lt., etc.)
        #self.titleAfter= reportOptions.Yes

        #Add "Died at the age of NN" in text
        self.calcAgeFlag= reportOptions.Yes

        #Add Photos and Images to report
        self.addImages= reportOptions.Yes
        #self.imageAttrTag= "DetAncestralReport-H"
        #self.imageAttrTag= "DetAncestralReport-L"

        #Omit sensitive information such as birth, christening, marriage
        #   for living after XXXXX date.

        #Omit duplicate persons, occurs when distant cousins marry
        self.dupPersons= reportOptions.Yes

        #Add descendant reference in child list
        self.childRef= reportOptions.Yes

Bruce