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+<!-- If you want to validate or edit this document separately, uncomment
+this prolog
+
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd">
+
+-->
+
+<chapter id="prog-guide">
+<chapterinfo>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+<firstname>Alexander</firstname>
+<surname>Dymo</surname>
+<affiliation>
+<address><email>cloudtemple@mksat.net</email></address>
+</affiliation>
+</author>
+<author>
+<firstname>Phil</firstname>
+<surname>Thompson</surname>
+<affiliation>
+<address><email>phil@river-bank.demon.co.uk</email></address>
+</affiliation>
+</author>
+<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
+</authorgroup>
+</chapterinfo>
+<title>Programmer's Guide</title>
+
+<sect1 id="how-to-use-in-progs">
+<title>How to use &kugar; for reporting in your own programs</title>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<title>There are several ways to use &kugar;</title>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Create a temporary file and fill it with data, organized according to the
+<link linkend="kugardata-dtd">KugarData Document Type Definition</link>. Then
+call the <command>kugar</command> shell command (
+<cmdsynopsis>
+<command>kugar</command>
+<group>
+<option>-d <replaceable>Kugar data file</replaceable></option>
+</group>
+<group>
+<option>-r <replaceable>Kugar template file</replaceable></option>
+</group>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+) to preview and print the report.
+See <link linkend="prog-using-for-preview">Using &kugar; shell for previewing reports</link>
+for a detailed description.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Use &kugar; directly in the application's code.
+See <link linkend="prog-using-widget">Using &kugar; classes for reporting</link>
+for a detailed description.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Create a &Qt; designer plugin, use it to build the application &GUI; in the designer and
+link it to the program dynamically.
+See <link linkend="prog-designer-plugin">Creating a &Qt; designer plugin</link>
+for a detailed description.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para> The last two ways are acceptable for &Qt; and &kde; developers;
+but &kugar; is designed to be a report generator, independent from a
+programming language and/or <acronym>IDE</acronym>. It uses &XML;
+format for describing report templates and data files. So any program
+can produce output in &kugar; data file format as described in <link
+linkend="kugardata-dtd">KugarData <acronym>DTD</acronym></link> or
+even a report template file format (see <link
+linkend="template-dtd">KugarTemplate <acronym>DTD</acronym></link>).
+&kugar; shell (report viewer) can be used to preview and print the
+generated report. </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="prog-using-for-preview">
+<title>Using &kugar; shell for previewing reports</title>
+
+<orderedlist>
+<title>The way to create and preview (print) a report is:</title>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Create a report template file with &kudesigner;
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Create a data file with column values for detail bands of the report.
+Use <link linkend="kugardata-dtd">KugarData <acronym>DTD</acronym></link> to produce correct data files.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Run &kugar; shell to preview and print a report. For example, to do this, in C or C++
+languages call:</para>
+
+<programlisting>
+<function>system(<option>"kugar -r <replaceable>template_file.ktf</replaceable>-d <replaceable>data_file.kdf</replaceable>"</option>)</function>.
+</programlisting>
+
+<para>
+Don't forget to include <filename class="headerfile">stdlib.h</filename>.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="prog-using-widget">
+<title>Using &kugar; classes for reporting</title>
+<para>
+The &kugar; library includes two widgets for use.
+</para>
+<para>
+The <classname>KReportViewer</classname> class is designed for &kde;
+developers. It supports a &kde; printing system and &UNIX; localization
+via <function>i18n()</function> calls.
+</para>
+<para>
+The <classname>MReportViewer</classname> class is designed for &Qt;
+developers and provides real crossplatforming. It can be used not
+only on &UNIX; platforms, but also on &Windows; and &MacOS;.
+</para>
+<para>
+In order to build a program that uses the &kugar; library, it should be linked
+with <filename>libkugar.so</filename> shared library, which is provided with the &kugar; distribution on all
+&UNIX; platforms.
+</para>
+<para>
+Include files are <filename>kugarqt.h</filename> and <filename>kugar.h</filename>
+for &Qt; and &kde; programs respectively.
+</para>
+<para>For a detailed example of how &kugar; classes can be used, look in the <filename class="directory">/shell</filename>
+folder in the &kugar; sources.
+</para>
+<para>
+<classname>MReportViewer</classname> (and <classname>KReportViewer</classname> too)
+contains several public methods that can be used.
+</para>
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>void <function>renderReport</function></funcdef>
+<void/>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Renders the report onto a screen.</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>void <function>printReport</function></funcdef>
+<void/>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Calls the print dialog to print the report.</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>void <function>clearReport</function></funcdef>
+<void/>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Clears the report on a screen and frees report data.
+Call this before opening the new report.</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>bool <function>setReportData</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>const QString &amp;<parameter>data_file_name</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Sets report data from <replaceable>data_file_name</replaceable> file.</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>bool <function>setReportData</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>const QIODevice &amp;<parameter>data_io_device</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Sets report data from <replaceable>data_io_device</replaceable> file.
+IO device can be any successor of the <classname>QIODevice</classname> class.
+For example, to fetch records directly from the database,
+create a <classname>QIODevice</classname> successor and redefine all necessary
+functionality.
+</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>bool <function>setReportTemplate</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>const QString &amp;<parameter>template_file_name</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Sets report template from <replaceable>template_file_name</replaceable> file.</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+<funcsynopsis>
+<funcprototype>
+<funcdef>bool <function>setReportTemplate</function></funcdef>
+<paramdef>const QIODevice &amp;<parameter>template_io_device</parameter></paramdef>
+</funcprototype>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>Sets report template from <replaceable>template_io_device</replaceable> file.
+IO device can be any successor of the <classname>QIODevice</classname> class.
+For example, to obtain a report template from network storage or database,
+create a QIODevice successor and redefine all necessary functionality.
+</funcsynopsisinfo>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="prog-designer-plugin">
+<title>Creating &Qt; designer plugin</title>
+
+<para>
+This is the example code of how a designer plugin is created. The code below creates a plugin for
+a &kde; <classname>KReportViewer</classname> widget.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+If a &Qt;
+widget is desired, replace <classname>KReportViewer</classname> with
+<classname>MReportViewer</classname> and <filename>kugar.h</filename> with
+<filename>kugarqt.h</filename> in the plugin code.
+</para>
+
+<sect2 id="plugin-usage">
+<title>Plugin usage</title>
+<para>
+The designer plugin will allow the usage of &Qt; Designer to place a <classname>KReportViewer</classname>
+widget onto a window and preview it correctly.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Programs that make use of this plugin must be linked dynamically with it.
+The corresponding library is called <filename>libkugar_plugin.so</filename>.
+Widgets or dialogs that include <classname>KReportViewer</classname>
+widget must include &lt;kugar.h&gt; in implementation and have a forward declaration
+of <classname>class KReportViewer</classname>. Includes can be done with &Qt;
+Designer's Object Explorer (Source tab).
+</para>
+
+<para>
+To build the plugin run:
+<cmdsynopsis>
+<command>qmake</command>
+<arg>kugar_plugin.pro</arg>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+<cmdsynopsis>
+<command>make</command>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="plugin-code">
+<title>Plugin code</title>
+
+<segmentedlist>
+<title>The plugin code consists of three files:</title>
+<segtitle><link linkend="plugin-h-source">kugar_plugin.h</link></segtitle>
+<segtitle><link linkend="plugin-cpp-source">kugar_plugin.cpp</link></segtitle>
+<segtitle><link linkend="plugin-pro-source">kugar_plugin.pro</link></segtitle>
+<seglistitem>
+<seg>A header file for the <classname>KugarWidgetPlugin</classname>, <classname>QWidgetPlugin</classname> successor;</seg>
+<seg>A source file for the <classname>KugarWidgetPlugin</classname>, <classname>QWidgetPlugin</classname> successor;</seg>
+<seg>A project file for the <application>QMake</application> utility.</seg>
+</seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<sect3 id="plugin-h-source">
+<title>kugar_plugin.h</title>
+
+<programlisting>
+#include &lt;qwidgetplugin.h&gt;
+
+class KugarWidgetPlugin:public QWidgetPlugin
+{
+public:
+ KugarWidgetPlugin ();
+
+ QStringList keys () const;
+ QWidget *create (const QString &amp; classname, QWidget * parent =
+ 0, const char *name = 0);
+ QString group (const QString &amp;) const;
+ QIconSet iconSet (const QString &amp;) const;
+ QString includeFile (const QString &amp;) const;
+ QString toolTip (const QString &amp;) const;
+ QString whatsThis (const QString &amp;) const;
+ bool isContainer (const QString &amp;) const;
+};
+</programlisting>
+</sect3>
+
+
+<sect3 id="plugin-cpp-source">
+<title>kugar_plugin.cpp</title>
+
+<programlisting>
+#include "kugar_plugin.h"
+#include &lt;kugar.h&gt;
+
+static const char *kugar_pixmap[] = {
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+
+KugarWidgetPlugin::KugarWidgetPlugin ()
+{
+}
+
+QStringList KugarWidgetPlugin::keys () const
+{
+ QStringList list;
+ list &lt;&lt; "KReportViewer";
+ return list;
+}
+
+QWidget* KugarWidgetPlugin::create (const QString &amp; key, QWidget * parent,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ if (key == "KReportViewer")
+ return new KReportViewer (parent, name);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+QString KugarWidgetPlugin::group (const QString &amp; feature) const
+{
+ if (feature == "KReportViewer")
+ return "Display";
+ return QString::null;
+}
+
+QIconSet KugarWidgetPlugin::iconSet (const QString &amp;) const
+{
+ return QIconSet (QPixmap (kugar_pixmap));
+}
+
+QString KugarWidgetPlugin::includeFile (const QString &amp; feature) const
+{
+ if (feature == "KReportViewer")
+ return "kugar.h";
+ return QString::null;
+}
+
+QString KugarWidgetPlugin::toolTip (const QString &amp; feature) const
+{
+ if (feature == "KReportViewer")
+ return "Kugar report viewer widget";
+ return QString::null;
+}
+
+QString KugarWidgetPlugin::whatsThis (const QString &amp; feature) const
+{
+ if (feature == "KReportViewer")
+ return "A widget to view xml reports";
+ return QString::null;
+}
+
+bool KugarWidgetPlugin::isContainer (const QString &amp;) const
+{
+ return FALSE;
+}
+
+Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN( KugarWidgetPlugin )
+</programlisting>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="plugin-pro-source">
+<title>kugar_plugin.pro</title>
+
+<programlisting>
+SOURCES += kugar_plugin.cpp
+HEADERS += kugar_plugin.h
+
+DESTDIR = $(QTDIR)/plugins/designer
+TARGET = kugar_plugin
+
+target.path=$$plugins.path
+isEmpty(target.path):target.path=$$QT_PREFIX/plugins
+PROJECTNAME = KugarPlugin
+TEMPLATE = lib
+CONFIG += qt warn_on release plugin
+unix:LIBS += -lkugar
+LANGUAGE = C++
+</programlisting>
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+</chapter>