Re: [Fwd: Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Java-GNOME thoughts]

[Elias M. <el...@al...>]

fer...@lo... wrote:

> I have used both Apache FOP and JasperReports. The second is much speedier and
> easier. iReports is an open source project that provides a visual designer for
> JasperReports, but it uses Swing. A GTK+ version of iReports would be a nice start.

What is iReports? Also, a report designer for a database tool woul dhave 
slightly different needs than a standard report designer (such as the 
one for jasper reports).

> Using the same glade XML format has advantages: ability to work on form
> rendering/execution before the visual designer is working; use of a
> stabilished, well-known format; option to import/export forms to other
> development tools; use the libglade infrastructure already provided bu java-gnome.

Yes, but the needs of a form designer and a GUI builder like glade are 
very different, don't you shink? One would have to shoehorn the 
functionality into the glade format, unless it is extremely flexible.

Elias