LaTeXWriter(3pm)					  LogReport's Lire Documentation					  LaTeXWriter(3pm)

NAME

       Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXWriter - Lire::ReportParser processor that formats the report in LaTeX

SYNOPSIS

	   use Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXWriter;
	   use Lire::ReportParser::ReportBuilder;
	   my $writer = new Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXWriter(),
	);

	   my $parser = new Lire::ReportParser::ReportBuilder();
	   my $report = $parser->parsefile( 'report.xml' );
	   $parser->write_report( $report, 'report.pdf', 'pdf',
				  'preamble' => 'myfont.tex' );

DESCRIPTION

       This is a Lire::ReportParser processor which will format the XML report into PDF, PS or DVI format using LaTeX as intermediary format.

METHODS

   new()
       Returns an new LaTeXWriter.

   write_report( $report, $outputfile, $format, [ $preamble ] )
       This will write the report Lire::Report in $outputfile in $format output format.

       outputfile
	   This manadatory parameter specifies the file where the file will be written.

       format
	   This mandatory parameter may be one of 'pdf', 'ps', 'dvi' or 'latex'.

       preamble
	   This optional parameter can be used to specify a file that will be included in the LaTeX preamble. It can be use to change the fonts
	   for example.

SEE ALSO

       Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXDocBookFormatter(3pm) Lire::OutputFormat(3pm) Lire::OutputFormats::LaTeX(3pm)

VERSION

       $Id: LaTeXWriter.pm,v 1.17 2006/07/29 17:57:34 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

       This file is part of Lire.

       Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with
       http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

AUTHOR

       Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

POD ERRORS

       Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:

       Around line 453:
	   You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'

Lire 2.1.1							    2006-07-29							  LaTeXWriter(3pm)