Re: OpenRPT

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Chris Browne wrote:

> ned@nedscape.com (Ned Lilly) writes:
>> Christopher Browne wrote:
>>
>>> My question would be whether or not it's "batchable" for environments
>>> where you haven't got X running or available.
>>>
>>> It could be nifty to "drag and drool" some reports into place, but
>>> there are cases where that's only useful if they can subsequently be
>>> deployed without needing to have either Qt or X available.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, currently, the Qt library requires X to be running.  We have
>> some hope that this won't be the case with Qt4, now in beta.
>> Haven't had much time to play with that yet...
>>
>> In our OpenMFG ERP product, what we currently do for our Batch
>> Manager application running reports in a way like you're describing
>> is to run it in a VNC server session.  Would that be an option for
>> you?
>
> Hmm.
>
> Not on a headless server where the nearest available screen is 900
> miles away, and where it's entirely possible that running "remote X"
> would be considered an attempt at a network exploit...

What about something like Xfvb, which can be used for stuff like Enhydra,
which also requires X to be running on the server?

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