Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to More control of output

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Posted by Jade Rubick on
Reportlab looks like a very good product. I'm curious how you would interface it with OpenACS or ACS, though. The scripts are Python, right?

If I have a Tcl based package in ACS, and I'd like to output it with ReportLab, would I...

1) exec a dynamically generated shell script? that's a little scary..

2) use python inside Aolserver? I don't know anything about this.

3) something else entirely?

Incidentally, if you are looking for full printing control, Reportlab looks like a good option. Tilmann, would you mind sharing a little more about what you're using it for, and how?