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>Yes, there are some FOP files written in ftl for generating PDFs. Search
>for files that end in .fo.ftl for examples. In my experience, it works
>pretty well, although learning it is very trial and error, kind of like
>CSS, but much more tedious.
>
>However, if your query is more report like and will end up being quite
>complex, it might be better to use something like BIRT.
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>- Leon
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>Ruth Hoffman wrote:
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>>Looks really nice.
>>
>>Some time ago, I did some work with Jfreechart that allowed for the
>>dynamic creation of all kinds of "boss-friendly" charts/graphs that were
>>inserted into an Ofbiz/Freemarker page as src images when the page was
>>initially created. I'm not sure how hard it would be to add Jfreechart
>>capabilities to BIRT.
>>
>>On a similar topic - are there any words of wisdom concerning using
>>Apache FOP for creating dynamic PDFs from my OFbiz web pages? I'd like
>>to put a button on my catalog pages that when pressed, automatically
>>creates a PDF of the currently viewed catalog.
>>
>>TIA
>>Ruth
>>
>>David Welton wrote:
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>>>>Leon and I spent some time looking at BIRT as a reporting solution for
>>>>OFBiz, and we found it to be pretty good. We wrote a little tutorial on
>>>>how to use BIRT:
>>>>
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/ofbiz-birt.pdf>>>>
>>>>Please let us know what you think.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Looks nice, but I think it's missing "the icing on the cake" - how to
>>>make it generate bright, colorful, boss-friendly charts:-) Probably
>>>isn't much more work once you have the data, and it makes it that much
>>>more attractive.
>>>
>>>--
>>>David N. Welton
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http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/>>>
>>>Linux, Open Source Consulting
>>>-
http://www.dedasys.com/>>>
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