# Ruport-util 0.13.0

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 9, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruport-util-0-13-0/128583 "2008-02-09T00:55:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruport-util-0-13-0/128583/1 "2008-02-09T00:55:35Z")

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== What is ruport-util? ==

A collection of utilities and support libraries for Ruby Reports[0].

It currently has support for:

- Basic Graphing via OpenFlashChart, AmCharts, Gruff and Scruffy (util/  
graph)
- Report runner (util/report)
- Report Mailing (util/mailer)
- Report Manager (util/report\_manager)
- Invoices (util/invoice)
- PDF form helpers (util/pdf/form)
- ODS formatter for tables (util/ods)
- XLS formatter for tables (util/xls)
- Ability to read ODS / XLS into a Ruport table
- Benchmarking Tool (util/bench)
- Ruport centric code generation via the rope command.
- csv to OpenDocument conversion via csv2ods

== What’s new in this release? ==

Thanks to roo and some Ruport hacking by Wes Hays, we now can do  
things like this:

t = Table(“foo.ods”)  
t = Table(“foo.xls”)

From here, you could use any of the Ruport table operations, and of  
course, have access to our entire formatting system:

t.save\_as “foo.pdf”

Brian C. has also added a simple patch to make our DBI query  
stuff supporting ActiveRecord style conditions.

== Get it ==

gem install ruport-util

== Disclaimer ==

ruport-util is currently a package in flux. Do not expect stability,  
completeness, or polish. That having been said, please feel free to  
contribute bug reports and patches[1]. Also, if you have an  
questions, let us know[2]

Enjoy!  
-greg

== Shameless Plug ==

For a comprehensive guide to Ruport, consider reading the Ruport Book  
(by Gregory B. & Michael M.)

[http://ruportbook.com](http://ruportbook.com)

You can read the whole book online, or consider buying a PDF / Print  
copy to support the project.  
25% of our revenue goes to a worthy charity that is geek friendly,  
Engineers Without Borders[3]

[0][http://rubyreports.org](http://rubyreports.org)  
[1][http://code.rubyreports.org/ruport-util](http://code.rubyreports.org/ruport-util)  
[2][http://list.rubyreports.org](http://list.rubyreports.org)  
[3][http://www.ewb-usa.org/](http://www.ewb-usa.org/)