Kurt Gibson wrote:
> One important solution I created in Filemaker Pro requires very
> detailed and exact replication of official court forms with database
> data entered on the forms. Imagine a form with small type, boxes and
> spacing that must be exactly as on the official form and data from
> the database on the form as printed to pdf. One nice thing about
> Filemaker is that its reporting ability is very flexible.
There's a Python package which allows to create PDFs directly from
Postgres: Openreport. It's made by the same company which has also
implemented TinyERP (see below).
Otherwise, OpenOffice has a nice database interface which allows to
fill OO forms from Postgres, among others.
> I also have an extensive solution with approx 50 tables/databases to
> run my small business.
TinyERP? It uses Postgres.
> I am trying to migrate to linux and postgresql. I love the MacOS but
> they just upgraded to 10.4 (tiger) and made 3 of my iMacs obsolete
> because they do not have on-board firewire so are not supported by
> 10.4.
Ouch. X-(
> Funny how Linux can be compiled to run on a 386 intel chip
> from a floppy drive but MacOS cannot now run without firewire on a 4
> year old computer.
Well, Jobs doesn't want to allow it to do so, because Apple needs to
pay the fuel bills for his bizjet, I guess...
Sincerely,
Wolfgang Keller
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