Changeset 997

Timestamp:

05/13/07 19:22:34 (2 years ago)

Author:

sandal

Message:

Formatting system tutorial

Files:

• ruport-www/cheatsheets/formatting.html (modified) (3 diffs)

ruport-www/cheatsheets/formatting.html

@@ -206 +206 @@
-requires a few simple lines, hiding all formatting complexity.</p>
-
+<p>The output for this report is shown below</p>
+<pre>
+***************************************************************************
+  December Sales Figures
+***************************************************************************
+
+isbn           |title                         |author         |sales     
+###########################################################################
+978111111111   |Book Number One               |me             |10        
+978222222222   |Two is better than one        |you            |267       
+978333333333   |Three Blind Mice              |John Howard    |1         
+978444444444   |The number 4                  |George Bush    |1829      
+###########################################################################      
+</pre>
-
-        <h3>Adding <span class="caps">PDF</span></h3>
@@ -245 +259 @@
-
-    def build_document_body 
-titles, :maximum_width => 500
-  :column_order => %w[isbn title author sales]
+Table(:column_names => %w[isbn title author sales],
+:data => titles), :maximum_width => 500
-    end
-
-    def finalize_document
-output &lt;&lt; pdf_writer.render
+render_pdf
-    end
-  end
@@ -306 +320 @@
-  File.open("dec_sales.pdf", "w") { |f| f.write report }
-</code></pre>
+      
+We end up with pretty output like this:
+
+
-
-        <p>Switching output formats within your app according to user preference or