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From: Harry George <harry.g.george at boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Generating HTML from python
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"Philippe C. Martin" <philippe at philippecmartin.com> writes:

> PS: I am looking at the formatter module which seems to be related to HTML
> somehow, but without any code sample I'm a bit lost


As others have noted, if you need any computation at all, it is easier
to write directly in python.

I came to python from perl, where I used CGI.pm.  To get that effect,
I wrote my own CGIpm.py and used it for a while.  
http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/index.html

But (at the suggestion of others in this newsgroup), I then tried
writing directly.  The net effect is trivial html generation, with all
the power of python at your fingertips.

Note: 
To save even more time, I made a CGI template that includes this main:

#============================
if __name__=="__main__":
    mystart()
    #cgi.print_environ_usage()
    #cgi.print_environ()
    form = cgi.FieldStorage()
    try:
        if len(form)==0:            
            send_form1()
        else:
            form_name=form['form_name'].value
            if form_name=='form1':
                recv_form1()
    except StandardError, e:
        print "\n<BR>ERROR: %s\n" % e
    myend()    

To support a stateless world:

1. Each form has a send_xyz and recv_xyz function.  The end of each
recv_xyz decides what send_xyz to do next.

2. mystart and myend handle opening and closing the http and html.
They also handle state save/restore as needed (pickle or database).

> 
> 
> Philippe C. Martin wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I wish to use an easy way to generate reports from wxPython and feel
> > wxHtmlEasyPrinting could be a good solution.
> > 
> > I now need to generate the HTML wxHtmlEasyPrinting can print: I need to
> > have a title followed by lines of text that do not look too ugly. If
> > possible I would like to use an existing module.
> > 
> > Q1) Is there such a module ?
> > Q2) Is my approach fairly good ?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Philippe
> 

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