On Nov 9, 4:32 am, Michel Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 8, 8:55 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On Nov 8, 1:52 am, Michel Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In our company we are looking for one language to be used as default > > > language. So far Python looks like a good choice (slacking behind > > > Java). A few requirements that the language should be able cope with > > > are: > > > > * Database access to Sybase. > > > This seems to be available for python, but the windows-binaries for > > > the library > > > are not available. Self-Compiling them proved to be non-trivial (As > > > always > > > on windows). > > > * Easy GUI creation. > > > Solved using PyQt. > > > * Cross Platform (Linux + Windows). > > > Again, PyQt, solves this > > > * Easy deployment. > > > Solved using py2exe + innosetup > > > * Charting (Histograms, Line charts, bar charts, pie charts, ...) > > > I am currently looking into PyQwt, which looks promising. > > > * Report generation with GUI support > > > reportlab + rml? > > > > So far, nearly all point seems to be manageable. But I was not yet > > > able to find a solution for the report generation. What we would like > > > to have is a sort of GUI interface to prepare the reports without > > > having to "code" the positioning. I found reportlab, and it looks like > > > it can do all that is needed in terms of output. But you still have to > > > code the report. And this is a no go. In context, I found RML and saw > > > links to graphical RML editors. But I have not yet found a concrete > > > example code, or documentation. What am I missing? Is RML a reportlab > > > creation or is it a recognised open standard? If not, is there an open > > > standard, that is easily to process with python? > > > > Any pointers? I would prefer coding Python to coding Java or > > > worse..... VB ;) which is another contender in our roundup. > > > It looks like RML (Reportlab Markup Language) is a type of XML to me. > > It also appears to be a ReportLab invention. Lots of code examples can > > be found here: > > >http://developer.reportlab.com/examples.html > > > See also:http://www.reportlab.com/rml_index.html > > > I'm not sure what you mean by "editing" a report. I have an > > application that allows users to enter data into a GUI and then it > > takes their data and inputs it into a ReportLab generated PDF. > > > Mike > > What I meant was that one should be able to "draw" a report template. > Basically a graphical user interface for RML in this case. I > personally would opt for writing RML or whatever code myself. But it's > impossible to convice my boss. The dialog usually goes like this: > > "So, did you find a click-and-play editor for reports" - "Not yet, but > anyway, writing code is more flexible and easier to manage later on" - > "Hmmm... but it's code!" - "Sure, but you only write it once for one > report, you can easily re-use code-snippets, modifying the code does > not require one additional program, you just use your text-editor of > choice,..." - "Okay,.... but it's CODE!".... > > and this goes on forever. My boss seems to be allergic to writing code > by hand. Which is very frustrating. I'm happy that Qt has the > "designer", although it's very easy to code the GUI's too ;)
wxPython has multiple "designers", like Boa and SPE...but as for a way to "draw a report", I think you're stuck with something like VBA in an Office application or the "holy grail" of report generators, Crystal Reports. Personally speaking, I find Crystal to be more difficult to use than coding it myself. To each their own, I suppose. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
