I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

A very similar discussion on the Extend/AcuCOBOL forum occurred recently.

I suggest that you invest in Relativity, which is an ODBC driver (SQL engine) for your RM/COBOL files.  Once your data is accessible via SQL you will find you can choose a report generator from a large group of report generators, some of which are open source/free.  Google "ODBC enabled report generator" for an idea...

If you are an independent software vendor, opening your data to SQL access will be a strong selling point.

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

I have read discussion on the Extend/AcuCOBOL

(L)ist&(L)abel is the perfect report tool for Extend/AcuCobol, but RM/Cobol does not work with API Call of L&L

example:

call "LlSetDebug@WINAPI" using by value 1
call "LlJobOpen@WINAPI" using by value ll-language
giving ll-job-handle
on exception cancel "CMll20.DLL"
exit paragraph
end-call


I want to print directly from RM/Cobol
If you can call to me other programmes


Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

Another possibility, which I have employed extensively for years, is to use Apache FOP (Google it) and XML Extensions. I won't go into a long-winded explanation unless you are interested, but it checks all your boxes.

I am a serious advocate of loose coupling within applications. Your proposed approach, and that of L&L, is a tight coupling. Loose coupling is also known as 'separate permanent data store, business rules, and user interface from each other.' COBOL has a legacy of combining these, but there is no compelling reason to carry on the legacy when loose coupled approaches offer strong advantages.

Good luck in your quest. I merely offer three plus decades of experience doing this stuff. ;-)

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

I agree with Tom in using Relativity, but you can also use RPV Reports (http://www.rpvsoftware.com/) that works both with RM and Acu, as it generates the reports from text files generated by Cobol.

Regards,

Juan Urraburu

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

We are LIDERSYSTEM S.A. From Ecuador, we have tools that will help you with all these requirements and much more.

We support Cobol on the market and in particular the products of MicroFocus.

We are located in Guayaquil - Ecuador

Support@lidersysgroup.com
Sales@lidersysgroup.com

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

Thanks for your proposal . RPV Reports is a good tip.

Can 'Relativity' print directly from RM/Cobol???

Who knows even other tools? I am grateful for every tip.


Thanks for your help and support

Micha

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

[quote]Can 'Relativity' print directly from RM/Cobol???[/quote]

No, Relativity is a SQL engine.  It enables you to use just about any report generator you wish, including several that are open source/free.  I suggest you Google the term, " odbc enabled report generator".  Relativity also enables using ODBC-enabled applications, notably Microsoft Office.  

Others have proposed single point solutions for reporting.  These solutions, even though they may work for today's problem, are proprietary and create a 'single point of failure' in your application development.  If the chosen reporting solution ceases to be available and supported on new OS platforms, you will be back looking for a new solution.

If you use enabling middleware such as Relativity, which is supported by the same company that publishes your COBOL products, you can have a greater expectation that the product will be continued into the future.  (In fact, Micro Focus has recently announced Relativity for its newest COBOL.  Relativity has been in the market for over 20 years.)  The availability of a large selection of reporting tools that are ODBC-enabled removes the danger of a single point of failure.

In the spirit of full disclosure, in case you have not read my biography, I am one of the original developers of Relativity.  I am biased - no doubt about that.  But I have also seen COBOL developers go through the same decision process you are working on now, and have seen the results of choosing a proprietary single-point solution.

 

 

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I search a report tool for RM/Cobol with the following features:

- insert pictures, frames, circles, lines, ...

- print bar code

- image file or pdf file as a background

- print preview

- dispatch e-mail

- ...

 

Thanks for your help and suggestions

Micha

#RMCOBOL

Thanks for your renewed, detailed description.

They surely have with your appraisal 'single point of failure', but I would like to have a look at all possibilities and then make a decision. Relativity is a tip and I will even more exactly look at it.

Thanks for your help

Micha

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