[reportlab-users] Incorporating Data Plots in Reports

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Robin Becker wrote:


> What is the matplotlib output? If it is just textual numbers then presumably 

> it's a parsing issue and then choosing how to draw the resultant numbers. If 

> it is some kind of image and PIL can handle it, then it can be used by 

> reportlab.


Robin,

   Digging more deeply into matplotlib, and incorporating code to produce
.png output files, I'm starting to get a better feel for what I need.

   As my data plots are vectors, I'd be better off having the matplotlib
output saved as .ps, .eps, .pdf, or .svg. I'd prefer to use .pdf output.
What might be involved incorporating a series of .pdf plots withing
ReportLab?

   According to the PIL on-line doc, it supports both .eps and .pdf, but only
for writing. Is there no easy (or practical) way to incorporate the .pdf
vector output into my reports?

TIA,

Rich

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