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t5: printing?
Hi,
This might not be related to tapestry 5, just a quick question: need to
provide a way to print a receipt in my t5 app, any idea how to achieve this?
thanks.
Angelo
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by "Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo" <th...@gmail.com>.
Em Tue, 19 May 2009 20:22:56 -0300, Angelo Chen
<an...@yahoo.com.hk> escreveu:
> Hi,
Hi!
> This might not be related to tapestry 5, just a quick question: need to
> provide a way to print a receipt in my t5 app, any idea how to achieve
> this? thanks.
What about some Javascript (window.print()) and CSS Print?
Some pointers:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
http://www.w3.org/TR/css-print/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/boom
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Daniel Jue <te...@gmail.com>.
I also like Dynamic Jasper, mostly because I find procedurally
generated reports less fragile than using templates. It does a decent
job and gets the info into the user's hands, and is easier than
straight Jasper Reports. Also I use the same algorithm to generate
PDF and XLS reports (Dynamic Jasper uses JR underneath).
Most of the solutions I looked into used iText directly or indirectly.
>
> If your layout demands are very simple DynamicJasper might also be worth a
> look. You don't need xml templates for that but can generate a simple report
> from pure Java.
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by "Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo" <th...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Angelo Chen
<an...@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> Hi Thiago,
Hi!
> maybe if we can force
> the user to use IE then an activeX loaded in IE might solve this problem.
Please do not do that. ActiveX is a very bad idea, specially about
browser security, and forcing your web application users to use one
single browser (and the worst one, by far) is a bad choice. Is asking
for the user to click the OK button a print dialog too much? By the
way, I don't think a web application is the best choice for something
that needs direct hardware access.
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Sven Homburg <ho...@googlemail.com>.
it is also possible to print PDFs non-interactive via adobe reader.
with regards
Sven Homburg
Founder of the Chenille Kit Project
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2009/5/21 Ulrich Stärk <ul...@spielviel.de>
> You could also have the server running the webapp print to a networked
> printer using some LPR implementation and a print format your printer
> understands (like PostScript, PCL or PDF (newer printers understand PDF
> directly)).
>
> Uli
>
> Angelo Chen schrieb:
>
>> Hi Thiago,
>>
>> You are right about this printing option in a web app. printing is often
>> needed in an ERP like app, say, we might make an POS using tapestry5, it
>> looks very possible except the printing of invoices, maybe if we can force
>> the user to use IE then an activeX loaded in IE might solve this problem.
>>
>> Angelo
>>
>>
>> Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Angelo Chen <angelochen960@yahoo.com.hk
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> hi,
>>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the replies. the need is really simple, just like an
>>>> invoicing program, when the transaction is done, prints a receipt
>>>> without
>>>> user clicking anything, desktop app does this easily, not so sure about
>>>> browser based app. will give all those a try, thanks.
>>>>
>>> You don't have access to the printer from a web app, period. The
>>> closer you can get is to call window.print() through Javascript. It
>>> will show the browser print dialog.
>>>
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Ulrich Stärk <ul...@spielviel.de>.
You could also have the server running the webapp print to a networked printer using some LPR
implementation and a print format your printer understands (like PostScript, PCL or PDF (newer
printers understand PDF directly)).
Uli
Angelo Chen schrieb:
> Hi Thiago,
>
> You are right about this printing option in a web app. printing is often
> needed in an ERP like app, say, we might make an POS using tapestry5, it
> looks very possible except the printing of invoices, maybe if we can force
> the user to use IE then an activeX loaded in IE might solve this problem.
>
> Angelo
>
>
> Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo wrote:
>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>> Hi!
>>
>>> Thanks for all the replies. the need is really simple, just like an
>>> invoicing program, when the transaction is done, prints a receipt without
>>> user clicking anything, desktop app does this easily, not so sure about
>>> browser based app. will give all those a try, thanks.
>> You don't have access to the printer from a web app, period. The
>> closer you can get is to call window.print() through Javascript. It
>> will show the browser print dialog.
>>
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Ivano Luberti <lu...@archicoop.it>.
Why not generating a PDF using something like iText ?
In this way there would be no platform dependence ?
Angelo Chen ha scritto:
> Hi Thiago,
>
> You are right about this printing option in a web app. printing is often
> needed in an ERP like app, say, we might make an POS using tapestry5, it
> looks very possible except the printing of invoices, maybe if we can force
> the user to use IE then an activeX loaded in IE might solve this problem.
>
> Angelo
>
>
> Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for all the replies. the need is really simple, just like an
>>> invoicing program, when the transaction is done, prints a receipt without
>>> user clicking anything, desktop app does this easily, not so sure about
>>> browser based app. will give all those a try, thanks.
>>>
>> You don't have access to the printer from a web app, period. The
>> closer you can get is to call window.print() through Javascript. It
>> will show the browser print dialog.
>>
>> --
>> Thiago
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>.
Hi Thiago,
You are right about this printing option in a web app. printing is often
needed in an ERP like app, say, we might make an POS using tapestry5, it
looks very possible except the printing of invoices, maybe if we can force
the user to use IE then an activeX loaded in IE might solve this problem.
Angelo
Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>
> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>
> Hi!
>
>> Thanks for all the replies. the need is really simple, just like an
>> invoicing program, when the transaction is done, prints a receipt without
>> user clicking anything, desktop app does this easily, not so sure about
>> browser based app. will give all those a try, thanks.
>
> You don't have access to the printer from a web app, period. The
> closer you can get is to call window.print() through Javascript. It
> will show the browser print dialog.
>
> --
> Thiago
>
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by "Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo" <th...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> hi,
Hi!
> Thanks for all the replies. the need is really simple, just like an
> invoicing program, when the transaction is done, prints a receipt without
> user clicking anything, desktop app does this easily, not so sure about
> browser based app. will give all those a try, thanks.
You don't have access to the printer from a web app, period. The
closer you can get is to call window.print() through Javascript. It
will show the browser print dialog.
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>.
hi,
Thanks for all the replies. the need is really simple, just like an
invoicing program, when the transaction is done, prints a receipt without
user clicking anything, desktop app does this easily, not so sure about
browser based app. will give all those a try, thanks.
angelo
Otho wrote:
>
> The flying saucer is quite neat. https://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net/
> Under the hood it uses iText, but is a lot easier to setup and use than
> itext directly or jasper reports.
>
> I use a freemarker html template styled with css for the layout and
> databinding and xhtmlrenderer does the rest. You can just write the pdf to
> disk for later reference or write to a ByteArrayOutputStream for a stream
> response.
>
> If your layout demands are very simple DynamicJasper might also be worth a
> look. You don't need xml templates for that but can generate a simple
> report
> from pure Java.
>
> 2009/5/20 Borut Bolčina <bo...@gmail.com>
>
>> One way of doing it is by generating PDF. See
>> http://wiki.apache.org/tapestry/Tapestry5HowToCreateADynamicPDF which
>> uses
>> iText.
>>
>> You can use JasperReports.
>>
>> There is
>> http://www.chenillekit.org/chenillekit-reports/howto_reports.htmlbut
>> the documentation is non existing. I haven't used it, I just know the
>> module is there.
>>
>> -Borut
>>
>> 2009/5/20 Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>
>>
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This might not be related to tapestry 5, just a quick question: need to
>> > provide a way to print a receipt in my t5 app, any idea how to achieve
>> > this?
>> > thanks.
>> >
>> > Angelo
>> >
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Otho <ta...@googlemail.com>.
The flying saucer is quite neat. https://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net/
Under the hood it uses iText, but is a lot easier to setup and use than
itext directly or jasper reports.
I use a freemarker html template styled with css for the layout and
databinding and xhtmlrenderer does the rest. You can just write the pdf to
disk for later reference or write to a ByteArrayOutputStream for a stream
response.
If your layout demands are very simple DynamicJasper might also be worth a
look. You don't need xml templates for that but can generate a simple report
from pure Java.
2009/5/20 Borut Bolčina <bo...@gmail.com>
> One way of doing it is by generating PDF. See
> http://wiki.apache.org/tapestry/Tapestry5HowToCreateADynamicPDF which uses
> iText.
>
> You can use JasperReports.
>
> There is
> http://www.chenillekit.org/chenillekit-reports/howto_reports.htmlbut
> the documentation is non existing. I haven't used it, I just know the
> module is there.
>
> -Borut
>
> 2009/5/20 Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This might not be related to tapestry 5, just a quick question: need to
> > provide a way to print a receipt in my t5 app, any idea how to achieve
> > this?
> > thanks.
> >
> > Angelo
> >
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Re: t5: printing?
Posted by Borut Bolčina <bo...@gmail.com>.
One way of doing it is by generating PDF. See
http://wiki.apache.org/tapestry/Tapestry5HowToCreateADynamicPDF which uses
iText.
You can use JasperReports.
There is http://www.chenillekit.org/chenillekit-reports/howto_reports.htmlbut
the documentation is non existing. I haven't used it, I just know the
module is there.
-Borut
2009/5/20 Angelo Chen <an...@yahoo.com.hk>
>
> Hi,
>
> This might not be related to tapestry 5, just a quick question: need to
> provide a way to print a receipt in my t5 app, any idea how to achieve
> this?
> thanks.
>
> Angelo
>
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