Wow, sure is a good thing we have R:Docs. I would hate to have to type all those options each time. (Let alone have to understand them <g>) Bernie Lis ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:12 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - R:BASE 7.5 to Print Reports as XHTML
> > Folks, > > It is my great pleasure to announce that R:BASE 7.5 for > Windows, to be unveiled at the Fall 2004 R:BASE Developers' > Conference in October http://www.rbase.com/conference, will > include the OPTION XHTML to print R:BASE 7.5 reports as XHTML. > > What is XHTML? > > XHTML stands for EXtensible HyperText Markup Language > XHTML is a new, stricter and cleaner version of HTML > XHTML is aimed to replace HTML > XHTML is almost identical to HTML 4.01 > XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML > XHTML is HTML defined as an XML application > > Why XHTML? > > XML is a markup language where everything has to be marked > up correctly, which results in "well-formed" documents. > > XML was designed to describe data and HTML was designed to > display data. > > Today's market consists of different browser technologies, > some browsers run internet on computers, and some browsers > run internet on mobile phones and hand helds. The last- > mentioned do not have the resources or power to interpret > a "bad" markup language. > > Therefore - by combining HTML and XML, and their strengths, > we got a markup language that is useful now and in the > future - XHTML. > > Most importantly, XHTML pages can be read by all XML enabled > devices AND while waiting for the rest of the world to upgrade > to XML supported browsers, XHTML gives you the opportunity to > write "well-formed" documents now, that work in all browsers > and that are backward browser compatible. > > Example of printing R:BASE 7.5 report as XHTML: > > PRINT SalesSumAndSubTot + > OPTION XHTML + > |AUTHOR Accounting Team of ConComp + > |BACKGROUND_COLOR WHITE + > |BACKGROUND_FILE NONE + > |BACKGROUND_TYPE CENTER + > |CSSFILE + > |DEFAULT_FONT_NAME Verdana + > |DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE 9 + > |DEFAULT_FONT_COLOR BLACK + > |DEFAULT_FONT_BOLD OFF + > |DEFAULT_FONT_ITALIC OFF + > |DEFAULT_FONT_UNDERLINE OFF + > |DEFAULT_FONT_STRIKEOUT OFF + > |DISABLE_RIGHT_CLICK OFF + > |DISABLE_COPYING OFF + > |GENERATE_TOC ON + > |FILENAME XHTML\SalesSumAndSubTot.html + > |IMAGE_FORMAT JPG + > |IMAGE_FOLDER Images + > |IMAGE_DPI -1 + > |INCLUDE_HYPERLINKS ON + > |INCLUDE_IMAGES ON + > |INCLUDE_LINES ON + > |INCLUDE_RICHTEXT OFF + > |INCLUDE_SHAPES ON + > |JAVA_SCRIPT_FILE_NAME + > |JPEG_QUALITY 100 + > |KEYWORDS SubTotals Totals Sales Summary + > |LINK_BACK_COLOR WHITE + > |LINK_H_BACK_COLOR BLUE + > |LINK_H_FORE_COLOR WHITE + > |LINK_IMG_FILE_FIRST XHTML\First.gif + > |LINK_IMG_FILE_LAST XHTML\Last.gif + > |LINK_IMG_FILE_NEXT XHTML\Next.gif + > |LINK_IMG_FILE_PREV XHTML\Prev.gif + > |LINK_TEXT_FIRST First + > |LINK_TEXT_LAST Last + > |LINK_TEXT_NEXT Next + > |LINK_TEXT_PREV Previous + > |LINK_FONT_NAME Wingdings + > |LINK_FONT_SIZE 10 + > |LINK_FONT_COLOR BLUE + > |LINK_FONT_BOLD OFF + > |LINK_FONT_ITALIC OFF + > |LINK_FONT_UNDERLINE OFF + > |LINK_FONT_STRIKEOUT OFF + > |NAV_ORIENT HOR + > |NAV_POS BOTTOMCENTER + > |NAV_SHOW ON + > |NAV_TYPE PAGE + > |OPEN ON + > |OUTPUT_SCRIPTS_TO_JAVA_SCRIPT_FILE + > |OUTPUT_STYLES_TO_CSS_FILE ON + > |PAGE_END_LINES ON + > |PIXELFORMAT 24 + > |RICHTEXT_ENCODING_TYPE PLAINTEXT + > |SEP_FILE_PER_PAGE ON + > |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG ON + > |SUBJECT ConComp Sales Summary Report + > |TITLE Customer Sales Sub-Totals and Totals + > |TOC_FILE_NAME Index.html + > |USE_TEXT_LINKS OFF > RETURN > > Now you are able to deploy all R:BASE 7.x reports on demand > using R:WEB Suite http://www.rbase.com/rwebsuite (samples). > > Stay tuned for MORE ... > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > >
