Re: Reports 6i replacement options.
From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:29:00 +0200
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> I started looking at FOP for the first time last week, & it is indeed
> interesting. However I think a GUI tool would be more prudent for us,
> as our clients are *very* fussy about layouts. A lot of them use
> pre-printed form letters so the report elements have to align
> perfectly, which I suspect could all get a bit tedious with XSLT.
>
In that case, strike FOP
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:29:00 +0200
Message-ID: <e2j5b1$97v$2_at_news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>
Preston wrote:
> Mark C. Stock wrote:
>
[Quoted] >> FOP is, however, a very interesting technology (did someone mention >> some pl/sql FOP tools earlier in this thread?) which I've toyed >> around with in the past as an alternative for Oracle Reports, but was >> not able to go beyond a simple prototype since the CTO mandated a GUI >> developer's interface rather than a combination of a programming >> library and data-driven report definition (shoulda pursued the idea >> and productized it!)
>
> I started looking at FOP for the first time last week, & it is indeed
> interesting. However I think a GUI tool would be more prudent for us,
> as our clients are *very* fussy about layouts. A lot of them use
> pre-printed form letters so the report elements have to align
> perfectly, which I suspect could all get a bit tedious with XSLT.
>
In that case, strike FOP
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