ADV: New java reporting tool
Windward Reports (http://www.WindwardReports.com) is a fast, easy, and powerful xml reporting system that allows you to quickly layout reports using Microsoft Word and then create reports in rtf, html, or pdf format using an xml file for the data and the word document you created as the report template.
Very simply, with Windward Reports you lay out your report in Microsoft Word (or any word processor that can save a document in rtf format). In Word you use all of it's powerful layout and formatting properties to set exactly how you want the report to look.
Where you want data in the report, you type the following directly into the Word document "<=:/order/customer/first_name>". You can also put in a while-end, an if-end, and an if-else-end. In the case of a while-end, as it iterates through each element, inside the while you can have additional <=:...> replacements.
Once you have created the report, it is saved as an rtf file. You then feed Windward Reports this rtf template file and an xml data file, and it then merges the data into the template and creates a final report, with all of the formatting and positioning as set in your original template. This final report can be written as html (3.2), html (with .css), pdf, rtf, or txt.
Elements are identified within the <=:...> commands using xpath. So it is a very powerful and complete system available to specify what data to display, what data to enumerate through, and what order to enumerate in.
At present Windward Reports is available as a Java library (.jar). It is passed streams (that of course can be files, but do not have to be) and returns the report in a passed in stream.
thank you - David Thielen
J2EE reporting is quite an interesting topic and I am glad they alerted us to their product. Using rtf and xml is a great idea!
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From: Robert Brooke-N502365 [mailto:Robert.Brookeca.michelin.com]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 8:17 AM
To: kamranaminyahoo.com
Subject: (forte-users) Reporting tools/components for Forte
Applications?
Hi all,
We are looking for what is currently in the marketplace to enhance the
reporting
capabilities of Forte. Ideally, we are looking for component libraries that
we
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tools
are Actuate, Crystal Reports, Report Workshop from Indus Consultancy
Services, Brio Technologies (SQR) VisualBRIO, Visual CyberQuery from
Cyberscience Corp., and Beacon from Brahma Software Solutions FORTify
Components. Are there any others for Forte?
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of
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product
again, does it use wrappering or API, or is it a component based tool, and
any
other relevant information on the product?
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Robert Brooke
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Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. CA0/CA1
PO Box 399
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
B2H-3E6
Phone: (902) 753-1977
Fax: (902) 396-2180
Note: We are currently developing in Forte 3.0.L.2. However, we would
like
to select a reporting tool/component within the next month. We are in the
initial phases of our next project, an application to be developed
in-house.
Probably will have two databases, one for real-time data and another one
for
archived data. Probably will need reporting functionality and capabilities
for
both real-time data and archived data.
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Forte 4GL is:
1) A language, TOOL (Compare to Java)
2) An IDE (Compare to e.g. JBuilder or FJCE)
3) A collaborative development environment, with central repository (Compare
to ????)
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right. But, not only is TOOL the key to the Forte environment, but it has
an existing and profitable market. Sun still sells FORTRAN, after all, and
continues to put money into ADE development for all its language
products. The real kicker, though, is that I think iPlanet is very clear
that Fusion, now iIS, is a very key product for them. There may be those
who wish it were written in Java and who might lobby for doing a Java
version, but it was clear at the conference that the iPlanet management
recognize that Java just isn't up to the task at this point. It isn't as
if all the iPlanet tools are actually written in Java, after all.
They will only support them for as long as they need.Or, more likely, for as long as they make money.
Now, in response to Microsofts .NET stratagy. We have yet to see how
succesfull this will be, but I expect Microsoft to push this down the
throats of developers and companies quite succesfully.Like they did DCOM?
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