Re: HTML and PDF Reports

["Bradley V. Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why wouldn't you just create dynamic reports to begin with?  No need to
really store that data/report if the data is already in the database.

Making printer friendly versions is as easy as applying a new CSS.

Bradley V. Stone
BVSTools - www.bvstools.com
eRPG SDK - www.erpgsdk.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:38 AM
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] HTML and PDF Reports
>
>
> > Guillermo Andrades, CPI Software wrote:
> > easy print from web app is a must...
>
> Guillermo,
>
> I've been thinking more along the lines of generating stream files from
> batch programs; something to meet the needs for reporting from daily,
> monthly, quarterly, or annual batch processing.  A school might generate
> report cards or transcripts for all students at the end of a reporting
> period, for example.
>
> But you make a good point about the need for printer friendly output of
> whatever users may be browsing at the moment.  And one option might be
> to generate a stream file from the Web app, then redirect the browser to
> it.
>
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> Nathan M. Andelin
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