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

[Serguei I.Revtov]

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 s...@cbtver.tmts.tver.su
!I don't read here or have very easy access.

I received four responses:

From: "James L. Preston" <j...@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: bi...@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 bi...@statware.com or call me at
> our toll free number (800) 478-2892.

From: Steve Kay <st...@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 <byo...@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.