Installation on debian 5.0

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I don't know if it can be useful, some indication on installation on debian 5.0:

* openoffice.org :
by default 1.3, and openoffice_report doesn't work with 3.2
1) desinstall 1.3 : synaptic, look for all package with openoffice.org, and uninstall them
2) download openoffice.org v 2.4.2.
Untar it.
Go to untar_folder/DEBS
dpkg -i *deb
cd desktop-integration
dpkg -i *deb
and then try openoffice. It must work.
3) prerequisites :
easy_install relatorio
easy_install openoffice-python
easy_install pyYAML
easy_install pycairo
easy_install pycha
4) modify openerp start script :
add the path to ooo path. in 2.4.2 standard installation :
export PYTHONPATH="/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program"
and why not because it must run, the start of openoffice daemon :
/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/soffice -nologo -nofirststartwizard -headless -norestore -invisible "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1;urp;" &

5) install openoffice_report :
my way, not the best i think
make a dvpr repository for you module
unzip report_openoffice.zip in it
link it in addons :
cd openerp/server/bin/addons
ln -s /path/dvpt/report_openoffice .
update module list and install it

Normaly, install is ok.
Try to go with administration on openoffice connexion and test it.

Now have to work.
Is there some samples ?
How can we use openerp header ?
if we can't, is there a way to make general header and use it in custom report ?

[sraps]

Thanks for the transcript of actions, I am sure this will help other users too...

Samples will be prepared for the version upcoming 1.0 version.

You can not use RML header with this reporting engine.
You can define header, footer and all the OpenOffice.org styles in separate document, place it inside company object (Administration/Users/Company's Structure/Companies) "Report Styles" field. If you are familiar with OOo styles, you can define stylesheet, that will change all the look and feel of your reports - fonts, font size, colour, lines, backgrounds etc.

Kaspars

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OK, i will have a look on the report styles.
But at first i think i will have some problems because ther's only one style and i think we must have at least 2. (one for commercial document and one for internal document)
I don't know if it's possible, but i think it will be very useful (a wish) that we can indicated style report to use with the report (this can be to print report with or without header for pre-printed paper) for example in the wizard or the parser link to the report.

But if you can send me a sample (even bugged, and why not in private) just to have a first approach on section and loop, it will be very friendly

[sraps]

Actually there is only one style sheet document available. Probably should add some more features in time, but our primary goal now is to make this as stable and user friendly as possible. Such features will be left for "showy winter evenings" to implement.

In a meantime you can write blueprint in Launchpad project, how you would like it to be implemented, so we do not forget about that.

About samples, we will do them as we proceed to magical 1.0 version. Until that you can use reference manual. The only problem we have discovered recently - there is incorrect "IF" section. Will be corrected soon.

It should be:
<if test="here_goes_some_test">
....
</if>

Instead of incorrect:
<if="here_goes_some_test">
....
</if>