Overview
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Geraldo is a reports generator created to work like ReportBuilder, QuickReport
or Jasper Reports. It has bands with fixed width and flexible height to show on
top, summary, page header, page footer, in table or each one for an object.

It is under GPL and works only with Django framework and Python language.

It depends algos for ReportLab library.

Our main long terms goals are (those with (x) are working):

Engine API
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- Support to basic bands:
 - Page header (x)
 - Page footer (x)
 - Report top/begin (x)
 - Report summary (x)
 - Detail (x)
 - Table details
 - Group
- Support graphics (x)
- Support charts
- Support aggregation fields (x)
- Support expression (x)
- Support calculated fields (x)
- Support canvas draw
- Support multiples group bands
- Support subreports
- Support band-width in widgets (x)
- Support stylizing widgets (font, colors, borders and alignments) (x)
- Report composition (many reports at once)

Generators
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- Best use of PDF generator, with possible canvas customizations
- Export to HTML and maybe to TXT
- Export/import structure to/from a XMLized format

User interaction
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- Have a GUI tool to design reports, if possible to be used in a web browser
- Have a way to create and print reports using a server, with no low leve coding
- Have a explicit, clear and full documentation

Dependencies
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- ReportLab
- If you use Image graphic element, Python Imaging Library (PIL) is also necessary

Marinho Brandao
http://marinhobrandao.com/
marinho@gmail.com