[RndTbl] Page Layout
Mike Pfaiffer
high.res.mike at gmail.com
Tue Jan 30 19:58:22 CST 2007
Dan Martin wrote:
> I need to take a list of medications, display it on a screen which will
> allow a user to edit the list, and print it in a number of different
> forms (list for the patient, a hospital progress note, prescription
> pads). The printed forms have lines, etc, and could have geometric
> figures such as a logo. The input will likely be in XML.
>
> The display could be done with XHTML. The printed forms could be done
> using LaTeX commands, but I imagine it would be painful to program. I
> could learn postscript. I assume Acrobat's pdf is proprietary and
> cannot be used. I have heard of an XML based page layout language, and
> such a solution would lend itself to an XSLT transformation.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions?
>
Sort of a sideways step here... Assume a proportional font (fixed width
for all characters). Would it be easier to create a graphic image?
Alternatively, under M$ I was doing something for Treasury Board using
Crystal Reports (wouldn't touch it again given a choice). There should
be something similar for *NIX. You can set page size, place logos, set
up a query to print out results for an individual record or many
records. Input could be done interactively or through a database. Output
can be done to a GUI or hardcopy. It's a quick and simple solution.
Later
Mike
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