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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:07:36 +0000
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Hi Nour,

I could put together a demo of how I do it at present, to give ideas of =
whether and how Isis could do similar.

My current approach is to use Seam+RichFaces for the UI, and =
JasperReports for the report, using the paid-for Jasper Assistant to do =
the report design / layout. For XLS and CSV I create a second report =
layout that has no headings or totals etc.
I think JasperReports would be OK to use in Isis from a licensing pov? =
See http://fecplanner.com/jasperreports/docs/license.html

I'm currently working on an example that would make a good demo. I have =
finished the UI, I could attach a link to it if you like, or the image =
itself, what would be best (do we have a standard re attached images in =
emails?)

Best regards

Mike Burton


On 10 Dec 2010, at 14:20, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote:

> Hi Mike...
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>   I think this would be great, do you have any code which you can show =
a demo ?
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> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Mike Burton <mikeb@mycosystems.co.uk> =
wrote:
>> Hi Folks (mainly Dan),
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>> I'm posting this to the list rather than private email, but feel free =
to correct my "list etiquette", I'm conscious to balance openness/ wide =
circulation  against  keeping the list short and on-topic.
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>> To improve my understanding of Isis and to establish new potential =
features, I'm adopting a "devil's advocate" approach by looking at =
features I add to my projects and asking "can (or should) Isis do this"
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>> In this way I thought of _reports_, with filtering, sub/totals, and =
output to PDF/ CDR/ XLS.
>> The data to report on may be Domain Objects, or joins / query results =
(perhaps "ViewModels" ie similar to "Views" in database parlance.)
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>> How would Isis approach this?
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>> Best regards
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>> Mike Burton
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> Thanks
> - Mohammad Nour
>   Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User =
Guide)
>   http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html
> - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour
> - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com
> ----
> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep =
moving"
> - Albert Einstein
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> "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a
> professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less
> than your best."
> - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
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> "Stay hungry, stay foolish."
> - Steve Jobs


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