[Users] GeoExt UX: Print

[Andreas Hocevar]

Hi Cédric,

Cédric Moullet wrote:
> I see with great interest that you are currently working on a print 
> client UI (http://trac.geoext.org/changeset/1541).

Yes, we have client funding for basic printing using GeoExt and the 
Mapfish print servlet (which has also been ported to a GeoServer 
extension by OpenGeo recently).

> If I interpret the code corrrectly, the idea is to provide a tool for 
> configuring the print module provided by a MapFish print server. Is it 
> correct ?

Correct.

> I'd like to know if it's possible to ensure that the current functions 
> of MapFish print client 
> (http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/browser/framework/client/trunk/mfbase/mapfish/widgets/print) 
> can be integrated in the GeoExt ux.
> What are your thoughts about that ?

I already discussed this a bit with Eric. The idea of the GeoExt.ux is 
that widgets can build on top of the PrintProvider, which creates stores 
for combo boxes and has methods to update the vector features that 
represent the page layouts.

Porting existing Mapfish print widgets to the new GeoExt.ux will be just 
a matter of connecting existing combo boxes to the stores that the 
PrintProvider provides. For the visual representation of layouts (and 
interactive rotation), form field plugins can be used.

You should be able to do the porting quickly, and get rid of quite some 
code that lives in the existing Mapfish print widgets.

> I'd like to precise that we don't have any problem to see the old 
> MapFish print client as GeoExt ux.

Should not be a problem. My ux will be ready for review tomorrow.

Regards,
Andreas.