Kexi Report Part

A reporting component for Kexi 1.6 based on OpenRPT 1.2 (http://www.openrpt.com).

See INSTALL for installation instructions and README for general information.

Features include
A report viewer for Kexi
An external report designer (KexiReportWriter) based on the OpenRPT 'writer' program

Known Working Features
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Page Header
Page Footer
Report Header
Report Footer
Detail section
Labels
Lines
Fields
Page Browser
Printing
Images

Known Not Working Features
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Totaling
Graphs

Untested
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Group Headers/Footers
Barcodes
Kexi databases held on servers (postgresql/mysql)

Main differences with OpenRPT
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Works only with Kexi databases
Reports are based on a single query to make things simpler
Report writer retrieves field list
Report renderer allows a single page ot be rendered
Replaced as much code as possible with equivalent from KexiDB

How To Create Report
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1. Install the component following the instructions in INSTALL
2. Run KexiReportWriter to start designing a report
3. Select Database->Connect to DB
4. Browse to an existing Kexi Database and open it
5. Create a new report (File->New)
6. Assign a data source to the report (Document->Properties)
7. Create the report using labels/fields/lines
8. Assign columns to the field objects (Double click for properties)
9. Save the report. (Database->Save to DB)
10. Load the database in Kexi and double click the report to view it

See the included 'Simple_Database.kexi' for an example.

Version 0.0.6
01-Feb-2008
Fixed build system
Removed useless dialog
Made it possible to move items using arrow keys
REQUIRES kexi from svn due to a bug fix in the sqlite driver

Version 0.0.5
28-Jan-2008
Fixed crash if no datasource is set Group headers work so long as a new enough kexi is used (maybe from svn)

Version 0.0.4
16-Jun-2006
Removed requirement to have kexi source available to install the plugin.Done this by including the needed kexi headers in the package. Only downside is that kexi 1.1.3 (from koffice 1.6.3) is required.

Version 0.0.3
BIG Speedup when scrolling
Added Foreground/Background colours to
labels and fields
Added Icon and .Desktop so that the designer appears in the 'office' menu

Version 0.0.2
Added - Printing (See print icon in lower right corner)
Images (dynamic and static)
Fixed build on upcoming Kexi 1.1.3
Included Simple_Database.kexi in the package

Version 0.0.1
Initial Release