[pro] Professional Reports

[Ryan Davis]

We use cl-pdf and cl-typesetting directly (as part of invoice
generation), creating some text, layout, adding images, etc.  We email
many of them, and then use pdftk on the command line to join all PDF
invoices into one big file for easy printing.

We don't have to deal with page numbers, but I think pdftk's
"multistamp" or "multibackground" function could be probably be used
(abused?) to apply page numbers.  See
http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-man-page/

Thanks,

Ryan Davis
Acceleration.net
Director of Programming Services
2831 NW 41st street, suite B
Gainesville, FL 32606

Office: 352-335-6500 x 124
Fax: 352-335-6506


On 5/19/2011 2:11 AM, Nico de Jager wrote:
> I am looking for tips to create professional multi-page reports,
> invoices, etc, preferably producing standalone files like PDFs that can
> be emailed. Automatic page calculation would be great, and I'd like to
> include generated and static images (e.g. graphs and logos).
>
> The solution does not have to be open source, although most of my
> applications are web based for which I do prefer GNU Linux as a hosting
> platform (I am a LispWorks user and have both Linux and Windows
> licenses).
>
> I know about cl-pdf and cl-typesetting, although I have only had a
> fleeting glance at them. Maybe there is an easy WYSIWYG layout editor
> that a list member can recommend among the hordes that Google spits
> out.
>
> How do list members typically solve this (boring) problem with their CL
> applications?
>
> Regards.
> Nico
>
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