The code is being called from a django view, which sends a pdf to the client.
from dabo.dReportWriter import dReportWriter
# generate the pdf in the buffer, using the layout and data
rw = dReportWriter(OutputFile=buffer, ReportFormFile=xmlfile, Cursor=ds)
rw.write()
Carl K
Feihong Hsu wrote:
> Why is this necessary? Dabo uses wxPython, which has an API for
> iterating through all the available fonts on the system. Put all the
> font names in a combobox, and let the user decide which font she wants
> the report to be in. If the user wants to use FreeSans, FreeSerif, etc,
> she can download them herself.
>
> -Feihong
>
> */Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com>/* wrote:
>
> Another issue just popped up: Font support. I asked Paul, we
> volleyed some
> emails, and he just asked the Report-lab list:
>
> === begin ==
> I'm looking for a set of fonts that I can distribute with Dabo's
> report writer
> (which wraps reportlab). I like FreeSans, FreeSerif, and FreeMono, but
> unfortunately those are GPL and so not compatible with Dabo's license.
>
> The requirements would be:
>
> + free, non-viral license
> + truetype
> + good amount of glyphs
> + a sans-serif, a serif, and a monotype font, with italics, bold,
> and bold-italic
>
> Any suggestions? I'd like there to be a basic set of fonts that we
> can guarantee
> will be available on all platforms and in all installations of Dabo,
> regardless
> of what fonts a particular user/operating system already has installed.
> == end ==
>
> I was thinking the unicode support was now only an issue in older,
> un-maintained
> code/documents that are lingering on. apparently modern OS
> distributions too?
>
> Carl K
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