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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

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

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Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:25 PM
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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

[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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Best Regards
Santhanam

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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> Best Regards
> Santhanam
> 
> 
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