# Interesting twist for paperless reports
**Category:** [Yahoo Archive](https://www.epiusers.help/c/yahoo-archive/9)
**Created:** 2001-02-08 11:30 UTC
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**Replies:** 6
**URL:** https://www.epiusers.help/t/interesting-twist-for-paperless-reports/2118
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## Post #1 by @system
I'd like to see this, could you include a link to your web site. Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:16 AM
To: '
vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
In the past week I have had several people asking for an example of a report
to create HTML documents using report builder. I have posted a complete
example (with a downloadable PRL file) out on my web site, under the
"Tips-n-Tricks" section. If you download the sample report and run an
Export on it from Report Builder saving it to a filename.HTML file you will
have a web page of the orders with releases entered into your Vantage system
yesterday. I admit its not much but what do you want in 15 minutes.
This new concept of WEB page creation has opened up a whole realm of
possibilities for our Intranet. We have almost 50 reports that are
automatically generated and printed every week. By now converting a lot
these to HTML and specifying a location on the company Intranet we can save
a ream of paper a week.
Michael Podlin
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:46 AM
To: '
vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Michael, could you post your RB file to the group? I would be extremely
interested to see how you incorporated the HTML tags.
Thanks
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:19 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a generic
text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed to
a
file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet.
Has
anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of
distributing
reports that will also help save a few trees too.
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Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a generic
text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed to a
file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet. Has
anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of distributing
reports that will also help save a few trees too.
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## Post #3 by @system
Michael, could you post your RB file to the group? I would be extremely
interested to see how you incorporated the HTML tags.
Thanks
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:19 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a generic
text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed to
a
file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet.
Has
anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of
distributing
reports that will also help save a few trees too.
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Can't attach files, so here is the basic idea:
Section | Report
-------------------------------------------------------
title | <HTML><TITLE>report name</TITLE><BODY>
| <TABLE BORDER=0>
| <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER>Job Numbers</TD>
| <TD ALIGN=CENTER>Part Numbers</TD></TR>
------------|------------------------------------------
Record | <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>JobHead.JobNum</TD>
| <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>JobHead.PartNum</TD></TR>
------------|------------------------------------------
Summary | </TABLE></BODY></HTML>
This would generate a HTML file containing all Job Numbers and part numbers
from the JobHeader table. Add a filter for open/released and you now have a
web page containing all your open jobs. Its a simple report but hopefully
it gives you the idea. All the HTML tags are just text fields.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Stetter [mailto:
jimstetter@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:58 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Michael, could you post your RB file to the group? I would be extremely
interested to see how you incorporated the HTML tags.
Thanks
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:19 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a generic
text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed to
a
file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet.
Has
anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of
distributing
reports that will also help save a few trees too.
Michael:
Could you perhaps post the RB file to the yahoogroups file section so we
could see exactly how the report was setup in report builder.
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:46 AM
To: '
vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Can't attach files, so here is the basic idea:
Section | Report
-------------------------------------------------------
title | <HTML><TITLE>report name</TITLE><BODY>
| <TABLE BORDER=0>
| <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER>Job Numbers</TD>
| <TD ALIGN=CENTER>Part Numbers</TD></TR>
------------|------------------------------------------
Record | <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>JobHead.JobNum</TD>
| <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>JobHead.PartNum</TD></TR>
------------|------------------------------------------
Summary | </TABLE></BODY></HTML>
This would generate a HTML file containing all Job Numbers and part numbers
from the JobHeader table. Add a filter for open/released and you now have a
web page containing all your open jobs. Its a simple report but hopefully
it gives you the idea. All the HTML tags are just text fields.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Stetter [mailto:
jimstetter@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:58 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Michael, could you post your RB file to the group? I would be extremely
interested to see how you incorporated the HTML tags.
Thanks
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:19 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a generic
text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed to
a
file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet.
Has
anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of
distributing
reports that will also help save a few trees too.
To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
vantage-unsubscribe@egroups.comMike that is real slick.
Thanks,
Les Tingley
Decorated Products
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Podlin, Michael [SMTP:michael.podlin@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:46 AM
> To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
>
> Can't attach files, so here is the basic idea:
>
> Section | Report
> -------------------------------------------------------
> title | <HTML><TITLE>report name</TITLE><BODY>
> | <TABLE BORDER=0>
> | <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER>Job Numbers</TD>
> | <TD ALIGN=CENTER>Part Numbers</TD></TR>
> ------------|------------------------------------------
> Record | <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>JobHead.JobNum</TD>
> | <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>JobHead.PartNum</TD></TR>
> ------------|------------------------------------------
> Summary | </TABLE></BODY></HTML>
>
>
> This would generate a HTML file containing all Job Numbers and part
> numbers
> from the JobHeader table. Add a filter for open/released and you now have
> a
> web page containing all your open jobs. Its a simple report but hopefully
> it gives you the idea. All the HTML tags are just text fields.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Stetter [mailto:jimstetter@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:58 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
>
>
> Michael, could you post your RB file to the group? I would be extremely
> interested to see how you incorporated the HTML tags.
> Thanks
> Jim Stetter
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:19 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
>
>
> Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a
> generic
> text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed
> to
> a
> file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet.
> Has
> anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of
> distributing
> reports that will also help save a few trees too.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> vantage-unsubscribe@egroups.com
>
>
In the past week I have had several people asking for an example of a report
to create HTML documents using report builder. I have posted a complete
example (with a downloadable PRL file) out on my web site, under the
"Tips-n-Tricks" section. If you download the sample report and run an
Export on it from Report Builder saving it to a filename.HTML file you will
have a web page of the orders with releases entered into your Vantage system
yesterday. I admit its not much but what do you want in 15 minutes.
This new concept of WEB page creation has opened up a whole realm of
possibilities for our Intranet. We have almost 50 reports that are
automatically generated and printed every week. By now converting a lot
these to HTML and specifying a location on the company Intranet we can save
a ream of paper a week.
Michael Podlin
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:46 AM
To: '
vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Michael, could you post your RB file to the group? I would be extremely
interested to see how you incorporated the HTML tags.
Thanks
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:
michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:19 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Interesting twist for paperless reports
Just for fun I took and wrote a simple report builder report in a generic
text format and included HTML tags in the report. When ran and printed to
a
file "TEST.HTM" I had an instant web document for the company intranet.
Has
anybody else tried this? I figure this is just another way of
distributing
reports that will also help save a few trees too.