topic Re: Component Generator in Alfresco Archive

Component Generator

preetigupta — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:29:40 GMT

Hello,I need to use a document generator with Alfresco. That is, a template to be pre filled dynamically with input data provided. We want output in rtf/doc format.Please let me know which open source product will work best with AlfrescoThanks and RegardsPreeti Gupta

Re: Component Generator

jayjayecl — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:52:50 GMT

Hi, you can have an ODT template with variables. At the end, you can still transform the ODT into a Word document

Re: Component Generator

preetigupta — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:44:30 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for helping.

But, I dont have any background on ODT templates. So, could you please explain in detail what I would require to do and how?

Also, while searching the web I came across Open Source Document generator JCOPIST/ freemarker. Do you have idea on these, how can they be leverage for achieving the functionality.

Thanks and Regards
Preeti Gupta

Re: Component Generator

jayjayecl — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:24:17 GMT

I'm using JodReports (http://jodreports.sourceforge.net/)
Although it is integrated as a component inside Alfresco, I had to download the source code and make some forks in order to get it work perfectly on Alfresco 3.1, and to suit my needs.
The website is quite clear, and will provide you with valuable examples

hope this helps