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[Rlib-users] Re: Text-mode tables with borders in reStructuredText style?

[Jeff K. <jt...@ya...>]

Bob Doan wrote:
> Implementing that would not be too hard.. however, rlib should also draw
> the boxes for HTML, and PDF...

I'm only guessing by the sample reports, but doesn't the text mode omit
drawing lines that may be specified in the report definition? I don't
think you'd want the richer formats to use the borders if they have other
formatting defined.

My idea was that the text mode could optionally use reST bordering as a
way to express information that is lost in comparison to other formats,
based on knowledge of the report definition elements. It would also make
rlib another useful generator of reST-compatible table text. I've been
using http://jefke.free.fr/soft/texttable/ (python module) for this.

> Is this something you would like to try to implement yourself?? Do you
> know C?
>> I'd like to request a feature for rlib's text mode output to be able to
>> add borders to rows and columns in the style of reStructuredText.

Unfortunately not fluent enough to be much help with an implementation. I
was using C# before finding python a few years ago, I kind of
bypassed/ducked C altogether.

I took a brief look at rlib/libsrc/txt.c; (my compliments, rlib's C is
quite readable) would this involve a few more filters in
rlib_txt_new_output_filter(), or a modification of some other function
area?

[Rlib-users] Re: [other] Re: rlib-1.1.5 build problem

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

I think the M4 macro allows for it to detect the latest version of
PYTHON.. so I'll change it to that.. and I'll add a configure option

--with-python-version=

to set it to whatever.. because most distros ship w/ a bunch of python's

- Bob

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 09:17, Treeve Jelbert wrote:
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> On Thursday 04 December 2003 14:46, you wrote:
> > Try this please
> >
> > odd cause my gcc is 3.3.2 and I don't have the same problem
> >
> 
> similar problem elsewhere
> fxp.c: In function `rlib_fxp_div':
> fxp.c:49: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> 
> 
> incidentally, I have Python 2.3 on my system, so I had to patch configure.in 
> (see attachment)
> 
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 08:37, Treeve Jelbert wrote:
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> > > using gcc-3.3.2
> > >
> > >  gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\"
> > > - -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"rlib\"
> > > - -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1
> > > -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 - -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1
> > > -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 - -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1
> > > -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 - -DHAVE_LIBC=1
> > > -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_ODBC=1 -DHAVE_PYTHON=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -
> > > -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_CPDFLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_LIBCPDF=1 -
> > > -DENABLE_CRASH=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include - -I
> > > /usr/include/python2.3 -Wall -Werror -march=athlon-tbird -mmmx -m3dnow
> > > -O3 - -c util.c -MT util.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/util.TPlo  -fPIC -DPIC - -o
> > > .libs/util.o
> > > util.c: In function `tentothe':
> > > util.c:156: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> > > util.c:156: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> > > util.c:156: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> > > make[2]: *** [util.lo] Error 1
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/rlib-1.1.5/libsrc'
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,  Treeve
> > >
> > > - --
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> Regards,  Treeve 
> 
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[Rlib-users] RLIB fun side projects

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Chet,

Here is a new list of fun side projects for RLIB that you or me could do

1) Implement 'auto' for col (easy)
2) Better operator error checking (should be easy)
3) Better operand error checking (should be easy)
4) cache parsed XML file for much faster loading.. as an aside have a
rlibc tool to compile XML files.. The idea is this

look for whaterver.xml.rlib 1st.. it would have some header in it.. make
sure it matches rlib version.. if not.. if recompile support is enabled
via some api recompile it.. save it... if not use the XML file

- Bob

Re: [Rlib-users] Text-mode tables with borders in reStructuredText style?

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Hi,

Implementing that would not be too hard.. however, rlib should also draw
the boxes for HTML, and PDF...

Is this something you would like to try to implement your self?? Do you
know c?

- Bob

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 08:50, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> I'm quite interested in rlib as a reporting library for python. I'm drawn
> to monospaced report output, so rlib output looks ideal to me. I'd like to
> request a feature for rlib's text mode output to be able to add borders to
> rows and columns in the style of reStructuredText. Hopefully this could be
> a style property for easy setting. This convention is expressive,
> regular and doesn't necessarily have to use more character space than an
> unbordered output. Thanks.
> 
> From:
> http://docutils.sourceforge.net/spec/rst/reStructuredText.html#tables
> 
> Two syntaxes for tables:
> 
> 1. Grid tables; complete, but complex and verbose:
> 
> +------------------------+------------+----------+
> | Header row, column 1   | Header 2   | Header 3 |
> +========================+============+==========+
> | body row 1, column 1   | column 2   | column 3 |
> +------------------------+------------+----------+
> | body row 2             | Cells may span        |
> +------------------------+-----------------------+
> 
> 2. Simple tables; easy and compact, but limited:
> 
> ====================  ==========  ==========
> Header row, column 1  Header 2    Header 3
> ====================  ==========  ==========
> body row 1, column 1  column 2    column 3
> body row 2            Cells may span columns
> ====================  ======================
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Rlib-users] Rlib 1.1.5 Released

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Hym.....

Does the breaks bug exist in all database formats or just postgre?

On the subject of RLIB memory checking:

1) Did you compile rlib with/ --enable-memdebug ??

2) If a query fails to run rlib_execute will do nothing.. and return -1

so you should do some error checking for that... but we should keep a
state in RLIB and protect us from crashing/ getting confused..

hey Chet.. can you add a flag to the rlib struct.. and initially set it
to good.. in the add_datasource_* stuff.. if anything fails set it to
bad.. then in execute.. if it is bad just return -1.. but if it is good
execute.. and if execute has problems set it to bad... then in the
spool, rlib_get_output, ect.. make sure we are good before returning
stuff?

But.. you should be doing this anyway:

.
.
.
if(rlib_add_datasource_postgre($rlib, "pgsql", "host=localhost  
dbname=rlib_examples_latin user=postgres") == -1)
  echo "Could not connect to......"
else {
  rlib_add_query_as($rlib, "pgsql", $sql, "jobs");
  rlib_add_report($rlib, "jobs.xml");
  rlib_set_output_format_from_text($rlib, $format);
  if(rlib_execute($rlib) == -1) 
   echo "faild to run a query, bad xml or something..."
  else {
    header( rlib_get_content_type($rlib));
    rlib_spool($rlib);
  }
}
rlib_free($rlib);

- Bob

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 08:21, Everton Luis Berz wrote:
> I think i found a bug on breaks when records that appears
> in detail repeats.  (1.1.4 has the bug too)
> 
> *** Example (working):
> Query result:
> Amazon  | 6 | Britney
> Amazon  | 1 | Everton
> Amazon  | 5 | John
> Hellion | 6 | Britney
> SICOM   | 4 | Andrew
> 
> Rlib result:  (company is the breakfield)
> Company: Amazon
>    6 Britney
>    1 Everton
>    5 John
> Company: Hellion
>    6 Britney
> Company: SICOM
>    4 Andrew
> 
> *** Example (bug)
> Query result:
> Amazon  | 6 | Britney
> Hellion | 6 | Britney
> SICOM   | 4 | Andrew
> 
> Rlib result:  (company is the breakfield)
> Company: Amazon
>    6 Britney
> Company: SICOM
>    4 Andrew
> 
> 
> Where is 'Hellion' break and detail?
> 
> 
> I'm sending new jobs.php (from examples), run it and
> you will see that one record does not appear.
> 
> 
> Other problem.. not serious..
> i think that's a problem on new memory checking because
> when i run a erroneous report (with sql syntax error) my
> computer break, hard disk craze, etc.. some minutes after this
> it's back to normal, but sometimes i need restart linux.
> 
> 
> thanks.
> 
> 
> Bob Doan escreveu:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > Chet and I are happy to announce the relase of RLIB 1.1.5 (still
> > beta...)
> > 
> > - rlib_add_parameter (chet)
> > - optional memory checking (chet)
> > - reports can span multiple pages (bob)
> > - fix problems w/ postgre and odbc driver (bob)
> > - ability to disable signal handling (chet)
> > - page footer formats correctly now (bob)
> > - pcode compilation fixes (chet, bob)
> > - better xml parsing and error checking (chet)
> > - surpress lines and hr's (bob)
> > 
> > Again.. special thanks to Everton Luis Berz.. for all of his bug
> > reports.. pretty soon we will have more examples thanks to him... 
> > 
> > Known problems:
> > 	Number formatting w/ i18n still doesn't work
> > 	HTML page footer might be not be correct
> > 
> > Please test it :)
> > 
> > - Bob
> > 
> > 
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[Rlib-users] Text-mode tables with borders in reStructuredText style?

[Jeff K. <jt...@ya...>]

I'm quite interested in rlib as a reporting library for python. I'm drawn
to monospaced report output, so rlib output looks ideal to me. I'd like to
request a feature for rlib's text mode output to be able to add borders to
rows and columns in the style of reStructuredText. Hopefully this could be
a style property for easy setting. This convention is expressive,
regular and doesn't necessarily have to use more character space than an
unbordered output. Thanks.

From:
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/spec/rst/reStructuredText.html#tables

Two syntaxes for tables:

1. Grid tables; complete, but complex and verbose:

+------------------------+------------+----------+
| Header row, column 1   | Header 2   | Header 3 |
+========================+============+==========+
| body row 1, column 1   | column 2   | column 3 |
+------------------------+------------+----------+
| body row 2             | Cells may span        |
+------------------------+-----------------------+

2. Simple tables; easy and compact, but limited:

====================  ==========  ==========
Header row, column 1  Header 2    Header 3
====================  ==========  ==========
body row 1, column 1  column 2    column 3
body row 2            Cells may span columns
====================  ======================

[Rlib-users] Re: rlib-1.1.5 build problem

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Try this please

odd cause my gcc is 3.3.2 and I don't have the same problem

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 08:37, Treeve Jelbert wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> using gcc-3.3.2
> 
>  gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" 
> - -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"rlib\" 
> - -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 
> - -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 
> - -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 
> - -DHAVE_LIBC=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_ODBC=1 -DHAVE_PYTHON=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 
> - -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_CPDFLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_LIBCPDF=1 
> - -DENABLE_CRASH=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include 
> - -I /usr/include/python2.3 -Wall -Werror -march=athlon-tbird -mmmx -m3dnow -O3 
> - -c util.c -MT util.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/util.TPlo  -fPIC -DPIC 
> - -o .libs/util.o
> util.c: In function `tentothe':
> util.c:156: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> util.c:156: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> util.c:156: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
> make[2]: *** [util.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/rlib-1.1.5/libsrc'
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,  Treeve 
> 
> - -- 
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[Rlib-users] Rlib 1.1.5 Released

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Hey all,

Chet and I are happy to announce the relase of RLIB 1.1.5 (still
beta...)

- rlib_add_parameter (chet)
- optional memory checking (chet)
- reports can span multiple pages (bob)
- fix problems w/ postgre and odbc driver (bob)
- ability to disable signal handling (chet)
- page footer formats correctly now (bob)
- pcode compilation fixes (chet, bob)
- better xml parsing and error checking (chet)
- surpress lines and hr's (bob)

Again.. special thanks to Everton Luis Berz.. for all of his bug
reports.. pretty soon we will have more examples thanks to him... 

Known problems:
	Number formatting w/ i18n still doesn't work
	HTML page footer might be not be correct

Please test it :)

- Bob

Re: [Rlib-users] rlib with postgreSQL

[Everton L. B. <ev...@fa...>]

rlib-1.1.4

rlib_add_datasource_postgre($rlib, "pgsql", "host=localhost 
dbname=databaseName user=postgres");


example:
//cities.php

$rlib = rlib_init();
rlib_add_datasource_postgre($rlib, "pgsql", "host=localhost 
dbname=rlib_examples_latin user=postgres");
rlib_add_query_as($rlib, "pgsql", "select * from city", "cities");
rlib_add_report($rlib, "cities.xml");
rlib_set_output_format_from_text($rlib, $format);
rlib_execute($rlib);
header( rlib_get_content_type($rlib));
rlib_spool($rlib);
rlib_free($rlib);



jua...@mo... escreveu:
> Hi, I use  the rlib report  writer witth postgres and we can't  make
> the connection to the db. I need  information to call the function
> rlib_add_datasource_postgre(,,). Thanks.
> Juan
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Nucleo de Sistemas :: FACCAT - Faculdades de Taquara
+55 51 541 6600 - R.624
ICQ 7807919

[Rlib-users] Help with postgres

[enrique m. <en...@gr...>]

Hello there!!

Did anybody has tried  to connect to Postgres?.=20

i am seeing the examples and it doesn't work.

Could you send me correct statements for connect to postgres?
Thanks you in advance.


Saludos

Enrique Molina C=E1rcamo
Grupo Inabox, c.a.

[Rlib-users] rlib with postgreSQL

[<jua...@mo...>]

Hi, I use  the rlib report  writer witth postgres and we can't  make
the connection to the db. I need  information to call the function
rlib_add_datasource_postgre(,,). Thanks.
Juan

******************************************************************************************
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[enrique m. <en...@gr...>]

Saludos

Enrique Molina C=E1rcamo
Grupo Inabox, c.a.

Re: [Rlib-users] date time of report, pagefooter

[Everton L. B. <ev...@fa...>]

try this report

...
<PageHeader>
    <Output>
      <Line fontSize=3D"11">
      <text width=3D"50">Cities Report</text>
      <text width=3D"30"/>
      <text>Date</text>
      </Line>
      <Line fontSize=3D"11">
      <text width=3D"50">by Everton Lu=EDs Berz</text>
      <text width=3D"30"/>
      <text>Time</text>
      </Line>
     <HorizontalLine size=3D"4" bgcolor=3D"'white'"/>
   </Output>
</PageHeader>	=09
...
<PageFooter>
   <Output>
     <Line fontSize=3D"11">
     <text width=3D"50">Cities Report</text>
     <text width=3D"30"/>
     <text>Date</text>
     </Line>
     <Line fontSize=3D"11">
     <text width=3D"50">by Everton Lu=EDs Berz</text>
     <text width=3D"30"/>
     <text>Time</text>
     </Line>
     <HorizontalLine size=3D"4" bgcolor=3D"'white'"/>
   </Output>
</PageFooter>
...

pageheader and pagefooter contents in xml are equals,
but in the html output not.



Bob Doan escreveu:
> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 11:33, Everton Luis Berz wrote:
>=20
>>i'm creating some examples for rlib and need a help:
>>- how to put date and time of report?  (i think it's come from php=20
>>variables, how to export for rlib xml?)
>=20
>=20
> if in php you had:
>=20
> $some_date =3D "2003-01-01"
>=20
> in rlib you do
>=20
> <field value=3D"m.some_date"/>
>=20
> The key here is use m.whatever
> Keep in mind that the date has to be formatted in: YYYY-MM-DD
> Also.. global variables must be turned on in PHP
>=20
> If not Chet added something to rlib 1.1.4 so you can do
>=20
> rlib_add_parameter($rlib, "some_name", "some_value");
>=20
> so basically you can do
>=20
> rlib_add_parameter($rlib, "some_name", "some_value");
>=20
> Or if you want the current server date from rlib you can do
>=20
> <field value=3D"date()"/>
>=20
>=20
>>- why at pagefooter i cannot put horizontal lines and <text width> not=20
>>applying in html format?   (at pageheader works)
>>
>=20
>=20
>=20
>>From your example I don't see you using any
>=20
> <HorizontalLine size=3D"whaterver" bgcolor=3D"'whatever'"/>
> Can you send me a more specific example??
>=20
> Thanks :)
>=20
>=20
>>try put on page footer and compare pdf and html:
>><PageFooter>
>>   <Output>
>>     <Line>
>>	<text>Page: </text>=09
>>	<field value=3D"r.pageno" width=3D"3" align=3D"right"/>
>>         <text width=3D"63"/>
>>         <text>http://rlib.sicompos.com</text>
>>         <text width=3D"1"/>
>>     </Line>
>>   </Output>
>></PageFooter>
>=20
>=20


--=20
Everton Luis Berz
Nucleo de Sistemas :: FACCAT - Faculdades de Taquara
+55 51 541 6600 - R.624
ICQ 7807919

Re: [Rlib-users] date time of report, pagefooter

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 11:33, Everton Luis Berz wrote:
> i'm creating some examples for rlib and need a help:
> - how to put date and time of report?  (i think it's come from php 
> variables, how to export for rlib xml?)

if in php you had:

$some_date = "2003-01-01"

in rlib you do

<field value="m.some_date"/>

The key here is use m.whatever
Keep in mind that the date has to be formatted in: YYYY-MM-DD
Also.. global variables must be turned on in PHP

If not Chet added something to rlib 1.1.4 so you can do

rlib_add_parameter($rlib, "some_name", "some_value");

so basically you can do

rlib_add_parameter($rlib, "some_name", "some_value");

Or if you want the current server date from rlib you can do

<field value="date()"/>


> - why at pagefooter i cannot put horizontal lines and <text width> not 
> applying in html format?   (at pageheader works)
> 


>From your example I don't see you using any

<HorizontalLine size="whaterver" bgcolor="'whatever'"/>
Can you send me a more specific example??

Thanks :)

> try put on page footer and compare pdf and html:
> <PageFooter>
>    <Output>
>      <Line>
> 	<text>Page: </text>	
> 	<field value="r.pageno" width="3" align="right"/>
>          <text width="63"/>
>          <text>http://rlib.sicompos.com</text>
>          <text width="1"/>
>      </Line>
>    </Output>
> </PageFooter>

RE: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Santhanam,

Here the low down:

We at SICOM use RLIB to generate PDF reports, and our customers have
Laserjet printers.. however they also use the HTML, TXT, and CSV formats
depending on what they are doing... 

Now for what you are doing:

Are you using rlib from PHP or C or PYTHON?

RLIB could do page breaks from TXT.. but you would need a different back
end because you would need special characters to come out to make the
printer do 80, 132 cols.. ect.. plus form feed chars... 

Keep in mind that RLIB is licensed under the GPL (we are the "generous
sponsor" as long as your app is released under the GPL.. if it is not
released under the GPL.. then you must buy RLIB commercial license(s)
(same thing for MySQL and QT.. amoung other things btw)

And we greatly appreciate people buying the commercial licenses.. as it
keeps rlib development going :)

That being said: 

1) If you are going to license RLIB commercially.. and you buy lots of
licenses.. we would be happy to make a TXT report backend for rlib that
would do pagination and work on dot matrix printers

2) If you don't want to buy a lot of RLIB commerical licenses now (your
app is GPL and you don't have to .. OR you don't have the money right
now for lots of RLIB commercial licenses).. you could buy some
development time from us.. and we would write the TXT dot matrix backend
for you

3) Your app is GPL and you don't want to pay us to do it you could
always do it your self.. which I could help guide you a tad.. you must
know C however....

Let me know if you are a 1, 2, or a 3...

If you want to discuss pricing or bulk licenses send an email to
rli...@si...

Or you can call us: 1-800-54SICOM (547-4266) and ask for Bob Kratz.. to
discuss something like that over the phone.. I will be with out email
for a week while I'm out visiting inlaws.. so don't ask me directly :)

- Bob



On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 22:54, Santhanam wrote:
> Thanks Bob & Andrew for your response.
>         Our requirement is to have fast & cheap print outs for
> reports (Fee Collection Counters etc). PDF Reports are great.
> But they have to be printed on Laserjet / Inkjet Printers.They
> are slow & costly when compared to Dot Matrix or Line Printer.I
> have looked into various reporting tools to fit our requirement.
>          JasperReports was a nice one with a number of GUI
> Design Tools.But TXT format is not supported. RLIB is a nice
> tool which can give PDF,XLS & TXT format.
>          I understand that Sicom Systems(RLib's generous sponsor)
> is a specialist in Point Of Sale(POS) Systems. I would like to
> know how they are printing their receipts.I guess it should be
> TXT reports...
> 
> Thanks in Advance.
> With Regards
> Santhanam
> 
> 
> > Correct... txt/html/csv really don't provide for pages...
> >
> > PDF is the only way to guarantee that what you see on the
> > screen will come out the exact same way on a printer
> >
> > What are you trying to do exactly?
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 07:46, Andrew Cotter wrote:
> >> My assumption, which could be totally wrong, is that the
> >> plain text format is just that.  No formatting of of pages.
> >>  Your page breaks would come in when/if the page is
> >> printed.
> >>
> >> What are you looking to do with the text format data?  Just
> >> print or is there something else?
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rli...@li...
> >> [mailto:rli...@li...]On Behalf Of
> >> Santhanam Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:25 PM
> >> To: rli...@li...
> >> Subject: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear Friends,
> >>         I am trying for TXT reports using RLib 1.1.4 and
> >>         PHP
> >> 4.3.4.My Question is :
> >>        When i am generating a PDF report, i am getting
> >>        multiple
> >> pages.But When i am generating as TXT or HTML reports, i am
> >> getting all the data in a single page (i.e there is no page
> >> break). But i am using the same xml file. Is there any
> >> solution ? Thanks in Advance
> >> Best Regards
> >> Santhanam
> >>
> >>
> >>
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[Rlib-users] date time of report, pagefooter

[Everton L. B. <ev...@fa...>]

i'm creating some examples for rlib and need a help:
- how to put date and time of report?  (i think it's come from php 
variables, how to export for rlib xml?)
- why at pagefooter i cannot put horizontal lines and <text width> not 
applying in html format?   (at pageheader works)

try put on page footer and compare pdf and html:
<PageFooter>
   <Output>
     <Line>
	<text>Page: </text>	
	<field value="r.pageno" width="3" align="right"/>
         <text width="63"/>
         <text>http://rlib.sicompos.com</text>
         <text width="1"/>
     </Line>
   </Output>
</PageFooter>

-- 
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+55 51 541 6600 - R.624
ICQ 7807919

RE: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question

[Santhanam <v_s...@am...>]

Thanks Bob & Andrew for your response.
        Our requirement is to have fast & cheap print outs for
reports (Fee Collection Counters etc). PDF Reports are great.
But they have to be printed on Laserjet / Inkjet Printers.They
are slow & costly when compared to Dot Matrix or Line Printer.I
have looked into various reporting tools to fit our requirement.
         JasperReports was a nice one with a number of GUI
Design Tools.But TXT format is not supported. RLIB is a nice
tool which can give PDF,XLS & TXT format.
         I understand that Sicom Systems(RLib's generous sponsor)
is a specialist in Point Of Sale(POS) Systems. I would like to
know how they are printing their receipts.I guess it should be
TXT reports...

Thanks in Advance.
With Regards
Santhanam


> Correct... txt/html/csv really don't provide for pages...
>
> PDF is the only way to guarantee that what you see on the
> screen will come out the exact same way on a printer
>
> What are you trying to do exactly?
>
> On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 07:46, Andrew Cotter wrote:
>> My assumption, which could be totally wrong, is that the
>> plain text format is just that.  No formatting of of pages.
>>  Your page breaks would come in when/if the page is
>> printed.
>>
>> What are you looking to do with the text format data?  Just
>> print or is there something else?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rli...@li...
>> [mailto:rli...@li...]On Behalf Of
>> Santhanam Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:25 PM
>> To: rli...@li...
>> Subject: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question
>>
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>         I am trying for TXT reports using RLib 1.1.4 and
>>         PHP
>> 4.3.4.My Question is :
>>        When i am generating a PDF report, i am getting
>>        multiple
>> pages.But When i am generating as TXT or HTML reports, i am
>> getting all the data in a single page (i.e there is no page
>> break). But i am using the same xml file. Is there any
>> solution ? Thanks in Advance
>> Best Regards
>> Santhanam
>>
>>
>>
>>
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RE: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Correct... txt/html/csv really don't provide for pages... 

PDF is the only way to guarantee that what you see on the screen will
come out the exact same way on a printer

What are you trying to do exactly?

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 07:46, Andrew Cotter wrote:
> My assumption, which could be totally wrong, is that the plain text format
> is just that.  No formatting of of pages.  Your page breaks would come in
> when/if the page is printed.
> 
> What are you looking to do with the text format data?  Just print or is
> there something else?
> 
> Andrew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rli...@li...
> [mailto:rli...@li...]On Behalf Of Santhanam
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:25 PM
> To: rli...@li...
> Subject: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
>         I am trying for TXT reports using RLib 1.1.4 and PHP
> 4.3.4.My Question is :
>        When i am generating a PDF report, i am getting multiple
> pages.But When i am generating as TXT or HTML reports, i am
> getting all the data in a single page (i.e there is no page
> break). But i am using the same xml file. Is there any solution ?
> Thanks in Advance
> Best Regards
> Santhanam
> 
> 
> 
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RE: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question

[Andrew C. <And...@So...>]

My assumption, which could be totally wrong, is that the plain text format
is just that.  No formatting of of pages.  Your page breaks would come in
when/if the page is printed.

What are you looking to do with the text format data?  Just print or is
there something else?

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: rli...@li...
[mailto:rli...@li...]On Behalf Of Santhanam
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:25 PM
To: rli...@li...
Subject: [Rlib-users] Page Break Question


Dear Friends,
        I am trying for TXT reports using RLib 1.1.4 and PHP
4.3.4.My Question is :
       When i am generating a PDF report, i am getting multiple
pages.But When i am generating as TXT or HTML reports, i am
getting all the data in a single page (i.e there is no page
break). But i am using the same xml file. Is there any solution ?
Thanks in Advance
Best Regards
Santhanam




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[Rlib-users] Page Break Question

[Santhanam <v_s...@am...>]

Dear Friends,
        I am trying for TXT reports using RLib 1.1.4 and PHP
4.3.4.My Question is :
       When i am generating a PDF report, i am getting multiple
pages.But When i am generating as TXT or HTML reports, i am
getting all the data in a single page (i.e there is no page
break). But i am using the same xml file. Is there any solution ?
Thanks in Advance
Best Regards
Santhanam

[Rlib-users] Re: rlib requirements?

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Michael,

A few months a go rlib only depended on mysql, cpdflib, and libxml2

but now it can do a lot more things (python, odbc, postgre... to name a
few) ... with more bindings comming

If you don't need python support configure it with --disable-python ...
however.. I'll add some more configure checks to make sure python.h is
found.. rlib by default hunts your system for stuff.. and tries to
compile as many features in...

- Bob

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 14:30, mic...@ea... wrote:
> Hi, I was trying to compile rlib to check it out, and thought I had the 
> dependencies covered (RLIB depends on libxml2 and cpdflib.)
> But when I tried to compile it, it barfed.  I think it was looking for 
> python.h, but couldn't find it.  
> 
> I was just wondering if you had a list of dependencies for rlib.  I looked 
> on the website, and the above two were the only ones I could find.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael
> 

Re: [Rlib-users] RLib 1.1.4 PHP Prob

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Yup

see http://rlib.sicompos.com/samples/1.xml

Everton has some simpler examples I think... if my example is too
confusing maybe he can help you out

- Bob

On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 23:21, Santhanam wrote:
> Thank you Bob,
>     It worked!!! :-)
>     Can we give Page Breaks in our reports ? Say for every 10
> records (i.e details), i want to break into a new page.
>    Sorry the documentation has mentioned about "Breaks". Can you
> please give us a Sample XML file.
> Thanks is Advance.
> With Regards
> Santhanam
> 
> 
> > Santhanam,
> >
> > The problem is rlib_set_output_format is now
> > rlib_set_output_format_from_text in PHP, Python, and C
> >
> > rlib_set_output_format can only be called from C
> >
> > The documentation was wrong.. I updated it... let me know if
> > there are any more problems
> >
> > - Bob
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:30, Santhanam wrote:
> >> Dear Friends,
> >>     I have tried RLib with PHP 4.3.4 with Rlib 1.1.4 (the
> >>     sample
> >> in betabook.pdf), i am getting the following error :
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------
> >> Fatal error: Call to undefined function:
> >> rlib_set_output_format () in
> >> /www/htdocs/demorlib/test/rlibtest.php on line 12
> >> ------------------------------------------
> >> Please kindly help me
> >>
> >> Best Regards
> >> Santhanam
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Re: [Rlib-users] RLib 1.1.4 PHP Prob

[Santhanam <v_s...@am...>]

Thank you Bob,
    It worked!!! :-)
    Can we give Page Breaks in our reports ? Say for every 10
records (i.e details), i want to break into a new page.
   Sorry the documentation has mentioned about "Breaks". Can you
please give us a Sample XML file.
Thanks is Advance.
With Regards
Santhanam


> Santhanam,
>
> The problem is rlib_set_output_format is now
> rlib_set_output_format_from_text in PHP, Python, and C
>
> rlib_set_output_format can only be called from C
>
> The documentation was wrong.. I updated it... let me know if
> there are any more problems
>
> - Bob
>
> On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:30, Santhanam wrote:
>> Dear Friends,
>>     I have tried RLib with PHP 4.3.4 with Rlib 1.1.4 (the
>>     sample
>> in betabook.pdf), i am getting the following error :
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Fatal error: Call to undefined function:
>> rlib_set_output_format () in
>> /www/htdocs/demorlib/test/rlibtest.php on line 12
>> ------------------------------------------
>> Please kindly help me
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Santhanam
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Rlib-users] RLib 1.1.4 PHP Prob

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Santhanam,

The problem is rlib_set_output_format is now
rlib_set_output_format_from_text in PHP, Python, and C

rlib_set_output_format can only be called from C

The documentation was wrong.. I updated it... let me know if there are
any more problems

- Bob

On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:30, Santhanam wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>     I have tried RLib with PHP 4.3.4 with Rlib 1.1.4 (the sample
> in betabook.pdf), i am getting the following error :
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function:  rlib_set_output_format
> () in /www/htdocs/demorlib/test/rlibtest.php on line 12
> ------------------------------------------
> Please kindly help me
> 
> Best Regards
> Santhanam
> 
> 
> 
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[Rlib-users] RLib 1.1.4 PHP Prob

[Santhanam <v_s...@am...>]

Dear Friends,
    I have tried RLib with PHP 4.3.4 with Rlib 1.1.4 (the sample
in betabook.pdf), i am getting the following error :

---------------------------------------------------
Fatal error: Call to undefined function:  rlib_set_output_format
() in /www/htdocs/demorlib/test/rlibtest.php on line 12
------------------------------------------
Please kindly help me

Best Regards
Santhanam