Re: Report writer for Cocoa?
Re: Report writer for Cocoa?
- Subject: Re: Report writer for Cocoa?
- From: Dave Fernandes <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:43:53 -0500
I make an RTFD report template in TextEdit and read this template
into an NSMutableAttributedString. My template contains keywords such
as FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, etc. I then substitute the keywords in the
attributed string with real data, and then initialize an NSTextView
with the string. This text view can be printed, or the attributed
string can be written to an RTFD or other type of file. I haven't
tried substituting graphics into the report template yet.
One big benefit of this simple technique is that end-users can
customize the report template themselves using TextEdit.
You can certainly print a view created in IB, but NSTableViews, etc.
are designed for the screen and don't look good in print.
Dave
On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Jon C. Munson II wrote:
Namaste!
I could be missing the obvious, however, my question is whether a
report
writer tool (like Crystal Reports or MS Access, by way of example)
exists
for Cocoa?
I Googled around for a bit tyring to find something (other than
ReportMill).
I've looked at (and read) the printing-relevant Apple dox. I've
read the
relevant chapter in Hillegass' book too. I can see how much work
writing
pretty reports is going to be.
Unless...
I missed a point concerning an NSView - it knows about PDF, etc.
The dox don't really go into this much, so here's a follow-on
question to
the first:
If I take the time to draw out a view in IB with all my fields,
etc., will
that print as-is? This, then, would become the report writer, right?
I'm looking for good, solid advice on creating reports. I do have
some
graphics I'd like to include in my reports, but most are lists, and
some are
lists with child details too.
Many thanks in advance (and I hope this isn't a Help Vampire
question)!!!
Peace, Love, and Light,
/s/ Jon C. Munson II
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