@alex
you said
if you have a parameter "first_name" then data must contain a key
"first_name".
What is the point of the ${variable} in your demos?
do i need the ${} ?
2017-11-22 13:31 GMT+00:00 Alex <a...@jobsta.at>:
> On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 1:46:06 PM UTC+1, Ramos wrote:
>>
>> Some questions ...
>>
>> 1 - i see that you have already a report_request table with the reports.
>> Are you talking about this table to save reports? Looks to me that this
>> table is to save the "templates" of the pdf reports
>>
>
> this is a different table to temporarily store report definition and data.
> It is used as a workaround for the plugin. The data for pdf preview in MS
> Edge browser cannot be set directly and needs a url instead. Further this
> is also needed for xls preview, because there is no simple preview plugin
> for xls. Therefor the url for xls preview is opened in a new tab and
> handled by the browser.
>
>
>> 2 - How do i merge data from my db with your templates and generate a
>> live pdf with live data? so users can save it in their desktop ?
>>
>
> in your web2py controller (where you generate the final pdf file) create a
> Report instance:
> report = Report(report_definition, data)
>
> where report_definition is the report template (the one you uploaded to
> your save controller), and data is a dict containing the actual data to
> fill in. the keys must match with your parameters of the report. E.g. if
> you have a parameter "first_name" then data must contain a key
> "first_name". You should check afterwards if there were any errors during
> report initialization (report.errors)
>
> the report itself (pdf file) is created with
> report_file = report.generate_pdf()
>
>
>> regards
>> António
>>
>> 2017-11-22 12:35 GMT+00:00 Alex <al...@jobsta.at>:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 12:07:56 PM UTC+1, Ramos wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not that easy :)
>>>>
>>>> i´m reading your links and also this link
>>>> https://github.com/jobsta/reportbro-designer/blob/master/
>>>> demos/custom_save.html
>>>>
>>>> where i´m stuck in the save part
>>>>
>>>> what url do i put in the save url ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> that's up to you. e.g.
>>> '{{=URL('report', 'save')}}'
>>> so you would need a controller file report.py with a function save in
>>> your application. There you have to save the report (available as data
>>> parameter) yourself wherever you want to. E.g. you could save it in your db
>>> or as a file.
>>>
>>> In your case you don't have the controller you specified in the url,
>>> therefor the ajax call fails.
>>>
>>>
>>>> [image: Imagem inline 1]
>>>>
>>>> i moved the run function from the reportbro_web2py.py to a controller
>>>> and i use it in the above "your save controller url" but i get a bad
>>>> request in the browser when i do in the console
>>>> $('#reportbro').reportBro('save')
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
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