Re: OT: Decent GUI-based reportwriter for Linux?

I haven't _used_ this software, and it's not ready as a 'drop in' app,
but have you looked at the GNU Enterprise work? I've been tracking that
project via the kt.zork.net 'Kernel Cousins' weekly summary. It sounds
like it's targeted at what you want, eventually. Their site is at:

http://www.gnuenterprise.org/

Ross

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:48:36AM +0000, Bradley Kieser wrote:
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> On 1/28/02, 12:19:38 PM, "Pablo Prieto" <pablo(dot)prieto(at)dulcesol(dot)es> wrote
> regarding Re: [ADMIN] OT: Decent GUI-based reportwriter for Linux?:
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> > >The only problem is that the company is already using reportwriter
> tools
> > like Crystal Reports...
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> > Hello.
> > Crystal Reports via ODBC should work, doesn't it?.
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> It would, except that I missed out and important bit of info, sorry, your
> posintg just made it clear now:
> The reports will be delivered via the web.
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> I.e. They want to DESIGN the reports (and sure, can use ODBC to do this),
> but then they need to be able to plublish the completed reports on the
> web, using the Linux server. Most reporting tools (I am told) now support
> writing reports in the report writing tool, then generating an HTML
> options page (to configure runtime options for the report) and then
> running the thing (on windows) upon activation via a browser (presumably
> by clicking the "submit" button on the options HTML page generated by the
> report writer).
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> The user then gets the report either as PDF or in an HTML page (there are
> usually quite few output options).
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> It's the "running on the Linux machine from the web" part that I need to
> sort. SO far the only contender is to try and run it via WINE, but that
> isn't really an option as it seems to be far too integrated in the
> WINdows OS.
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> Anative Linux solution (even if it is a tool that will import crystal
> reports and convert to Perl or something) is much more preferable.
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> Thanks,
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> Brad
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> > Pablo.
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