way to output spreadsheets to postscript or PDF programmatically

From: Kevin Murphy (murphy2_at_speakeasy.net)
Date: 04/29/05

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    I'd like to programmatically produce printable (PDF? Postscript?)
    spread***-style output of database queries with these characteristics:

    * line borders around cells
    * customized header and footer
    * first row should be repeated on each page
    * preferably, auto-sizing of columns, but not required

    I found ReportLab, which looks excellent and feature-ful, but
    unfortunately I don't know Python and haven't succeeded in my pathetic
    struggles yet. Maybe I haven't come across the right examples ....
    I've seen an OpenOffice API, but it doesn't have enough features to do
    this.

    Are there any other options? I prefer programming in Perl (I'm pulling
    data from a PostgreSQL database with a Perl script).

    Thanks,
    Kevin 

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