SUMMARY: Looking for a software kind of "report writer"

On Aug 21, 1996 I posted an article "Looking for a software kind of "report writer": !I'm looking for a tool (report generator) for preparing reports including !data from C and C++ programs (those programs get data from databases, for !ex. - Informix). ! ! Requirements are: ! - Report data retrieval logic is separated from data presentation. ! - Tool must contain visual designer/viewer. ! - Resulting reports may include tables, plots, graphs etc. ! - Resulting report must be produced in raw text, PS and probably HTML formats ! - Platforms: Solaris 2.x and other UNIX's ! - Result report viewing program code will be linked to, or compiled with other ! C++ code. Alternately there may be pre-existing viewer executable which ! needs to be able to produce reports without any "superfluous" dialogue like ! "File/Open...". (I need an embeddable component) ! - This embeddable component should have rich program interface ! (e.g. report generation may be triggered by program, not by user) ! !Please send me mail at sir@cbtver.tmts.tver.su !I don't read here or have very easy access. I received four responses: From: "James L. Preston" <jlp@apti.com> > Python is the tool that you are looking for. Not that it does what you need, > but it can be made to do what you need. > www.python.org From: bill@statware.com ( Bill Martinez ) ... > Statit is a reporting, analysis and graphical presentation package. It is a > very powerful analyzer of data, yet its Graphical User Interface (GUI), > hyper-text help and its intuitive nature, give even the novice users the > confidence to explore Statit's capabilities. Whether it's text reports, > statistical analysis, plots, tables or simple business > graphs, the entire company will be able to utilize the ``power'' > of Statit. ... > We currently have a home page set up with information on Statit and Statware. > You can visit our home page at : http://ftp.statware.com/~statware. If I can > answer any questions or provide you more information please feel free to > contact me. I can be reached at: e-mail at bill@statware.com or call me at > our toll free number (800) 478-2892. From: Steve Kay <steve@starbug1.demon.co.uk> > A program called I.Q. might solve your problems. Intelligent Query, I > think it stands for. Don't think it'll cover all your needs, mind. > > 'fraid I've no idea where it's from :-( > maybe archie or alta-vista might help? From: Bradford Young <byoung@cornercap.com> > We've had excellent luck with dbPower. It produces Postscript code > and accesses the Informix database through esql/c. I can compile > straight to binary or to an intermediary .c file for inclusion with > other code components. It can mix graphs, tables and text. Lots > of control. Here's a phone number in the U.S.: 908-906-1212. I have not enough time to analyse this packages, but dbPower looks like the thing we need. This is not a final decision. Many thanks to all those who have sent me information. Serguei.