A lot of people tend to link in webkit and layout a printed report using html and css. It's somewhat eqasier than standard web dev since you know that only webkit will be displaying your layout. No need for cross browser compatability.
I use that aqpproach for one of my apps and it works well enough. Don't get me wrong - it still feels like a major hack, but thre results are decent and it was pretty quick and easy to implement. -jim...... sent from my G1 On Jan 14, 2009 2:13 PM, "Jon C. Munson II" <jmun...@his.com> wrote: Namaste! I could be missing the obvious, however, my question is whether a report writer tool (like Crystal Reports or MS Access, by way of example) exists for Cocoa? I Googled around for a bit tyring to find something (other than ReportMill). I've looked at (and read) the printing-relevant Apple dox. I've read the relevant chapter in Hillegass' book too. I can see how much work writing pretty reports is going to be. Unless... I missed a point concerning an NSView - it knows about PDF, etc. The dox don't really go into this much, so here's a follow-on question to the first: If I take the time to draw out a view in IB with all my fields, etc., will that print as-is? This, then, would become the report writer, right? I'm looking for good, solid advice on creating reports. I do have some graphics I'd like to include in my reports, but most are lists, and some are lists with child details too. Many thanks in advance (and I hope this isn't a Help Vampire question)!!! Peace, Love, and Light, /s/ Jon C. Munson II _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jim%40jimandkoka.com This email sent to j...@jimandkoka.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
