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<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>
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</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;

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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>