This is first featured sample report. After installing the module you can print the report from Partners form - find button named "Sample Report" on a sidebar.

Features:

• Report being defined in a module;
• Placing information from Partners object (res.partner);
• Custom parser (hello_world function);
• Use of external libraries and it's functions in a parser and report (Random1, Lorem Ipsum2);
• Examples for some of the Extra Functions3 (barcode, get_label, get_selection_item, setLang);
• Example of “if” and “for” control sections;
• Native use of unicode fonts;
• OpenOffice.org text formatting features (page numbers, headings, tables, columns, bullet lists, etc.).

Downloads:

OpenERP module with embedded report, install it as usual module!

Template document alone, created with OpenOffice.org Writer. Note, that this template requires parser which is defined inside module. If you want to test this template without installing the module, you would have to copy the parser code from module and place it on a Report XML object form.

lorem_ipsum_template.odt

This is what the output looks like in ODT format.

lorem_ipsum.odt

This is what the output looks like in PDF format.