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wallinbl · Oct 11, 2003, 08:50 PM

At work, I code in .NET (a mixture of VB & C#, depending on the task). I use Crystal Reports for generating reports. The designer is great, and the viewer is too. It can output HTML for viewing, and has options for Word, PDF, and Excel.

I'm looking to move away from Windows as my primary server platform to (probably) Linux.

What is available as a substitute for Crystal on Unix platforms that will work with PHP, Perl or Python?

bluedog · Oct 12, 2003, 12:12 PM

Glad you're asking. Look at these sites for great open source ideas and code.

Sourceforge
http://www.sf.net/

Freshmeat
http://www.freshmeat.net/

Both are undisputably full of open source linux/windows/OSX software for use. Most of it is under the GNU Public License.

Enjoy!

wallinbl · 12:50 PM

There's not much out there. There is a project called JasperReports, but it appears to be for Java. Maybe I'll see if I can learn enough Java to wrap a class around it that can be called from Python.

clam2000 · Oct 12, 2003, 12:54 PM

searching google turned up this:
http://datavision.sourceforge.net/

--will

wallinbl · Oct 12, 2003, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by clam2000:
searching google turned up this:
http://datavision.sourceforge.net/

--will

Dang! More Java! Looks like I am going to have to learn some Java.

It looks like it has a lot of features, though. The way to generate a report in a web app is a little goofy, but it might just work.

wallinbl · Oct 12, 2003, 08:42 PM

http://www.reportlab.org/index.html

Looks nice. Built in Python. Runs on Linux/Windows/OS X.

bluedog · 02:14 PM