[wxPython-users] Re: Database Report Generators

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Don,

Don Dwiggins wrote:
> Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
>> I use Report Manager (http://reportman.sourceforge.net/ ) and call it 
>> from within Python using reportman.py (a ctypes wrapper of RM's ocx).
>
> I'd like to piggyback on this topic a bit.  I'm looking for 
> alternatives to Crystal Reports; that is, reports in the typical data 
> reporting sense (headers/footers, grouping, statistics, ...), rather 
> than document generators.  It looks like Report Manager is in this 
> space; is that correct?
I would say so.  I never extensible used Crystal, so can't really 
compare features.  The developer seems be pretty active and if ever you 
have something urgent you can also pay him to implement a feature.
> Are there other OSS alternatives, or even commercial ones that 
> integrate well with Python?
I think the one Dabo uses is to be considered too, at the time I looked 
at it did not have a report designer.

Werner