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Kugar - A report creation tool for KDE.
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Current version: 1.3
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The current maintainer
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can be reached via Email: treat@kde.org
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or visit http://www.koffice.org/kugar/
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The former maintainer and the author of Kugar Report Designer
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part can be reached via Email: adymo@tdevelop.org
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The former maintainer and author of Kugar report viewer and konqueror
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part can be reached via Email: phil@river-bank.demon.co.uk
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The original author can be reached via Email: keidav@mutinybaysoftware.com
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or visit http://www.mutinybaysoftware.com. The original name of the package
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was Metaphrast.
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ABOUT KUGAR:
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Current features:
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* KDE GUI report designer.
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* Qt report viewer widget for previewing reports from within a Qt application
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(WYSIWYG).
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* KDE report viewer widget that utilizes KDE print dialog
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* KDE report viewer utility.
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* KPart report viewer component - view reports from within Konqueror.
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* Report printing in Postscript.
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* Database/datasource neutral, data is supplied to the report engine in XML.
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* Open report definition files, report layout is stored in XML.
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* Report Header/Footer.
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* Page Header/Footer.
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* Detail Section.
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* Detail Header/Footer.
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* Multiple Detail levels (unlimited).
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* Grand totals: count, sum, average, variance and standard deviation.
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* Report print progress and cancellation.
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* Report rendering progress and cancellation.
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* Complete implementation of (Qt) printer setup options.
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* Additional formatting (negative numbers, currency, commas for numbers and
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dates).
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* Direct database support.
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DOCUMENTATION:
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Included in docbook-xml format among with the koffice package.
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Docs include tutorial, user documentation and developer documentation.
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REQUIREMENTS:
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The following items must be installed prior to building Kugar:
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1. Qt version 3.1+ - http://www.trolltech.com
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2. KDE 3.1.0+ - http://www.kde.org
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BUILDING KUGAR:
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Basically:
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./configure
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make
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make install
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See the INSTALL file for details.
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RUNNING A SAMPLE REPORT WITH KUGAR:
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There are three sample templates and matching datafiles in ./samples.
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The kugar program takes one or more data files on the commandline.
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Example: kugar samples/sample1.kdf
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To use Konqueror to display a sample, just click on the data file (with the
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.kdf extension) from within Konqueror.
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To create template file run Kugar Report Designer program (kudesigner).
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To add report items and sections use toolbuttons and menus,
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to edit their properties just right-click on them,
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to delete - middle-click.
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