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    Print/Preview Page Layout Report

    I have created a simple report using the new 'Page Layout Report', and can preview it in design mode. Now I am trying to call the report from a button on a grid. If I use the Open Report action js, it displays in pdf which defeats its purpose. When I convert it to HTML and embed it in an a5w page (as indicated in the wiki), it is all mumbled jumbled when displayed. Any comments?
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    Re: Print/Preview Page Layout Report

    Originally posted by gaby_h View Post
    I have created a simple report using the new 'Page Layout Report', and can preview it in design mode. Now I am trying to call the report from a button on a grid. If I use the Open Report action js, it displays in pdf which defeats its purpose.
    And the purpose is what?
    Originally posted by gaby_h View Post
    When I convert it to HTML and embed it in an a5w page (as indicated in the wiki), it is all mumbled jumbled when displayed. Any comments?
    The convert to html has always been problematic. I've either used a grid to show data via html or generated the html code with xbasic.
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      Re: Print/Preview Page Layout Report

      Well, the purpose is to simply display the report using this new page layout feature. Alpha is clearly recommending using this new feature which does not use the Amyuni driver for HTML or Excel output. Is there a way to display/Preview/Print the report in HTML the same way one can display a report in pdf?

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        Re: Print/Preview Page Layout Report

        Gaby - glad you brought up this subject. I just tried it, and yep, there is the HTML report showing up as a PDF. One of the main "purposes this defeats" for me, is having reports from A5 completely display (and therefore print) on an iPad. When reports, either the "usual way" or with this "new and improved" method, are displayed on an iPad, only what is initially visible is all that is available; they do not scroll. I re-watched the pertinent video from Steve Workings, thinking I remembered him generating an actual HTML report, but nope, when it is activated, it shows up in the PDF viewer ... thereby defeating the one of the "purposes" of an HTML report There's probably a way to do this, so I am open to suggestions and will be doing some more experimenting in the meantime :)
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          Re: Print/Preview Page Layout Report

          Update:

          Managed to get the HTML report to fully display and print from the iPad :) Used the Print Genie on the report (right click from the Control Panel "Reports" tab), Save to File, Save As: Dynamic HTML File -- Options: HTML File Type > Single File. Called the resulting file from a button and yep, there it is in it's entirety :) As there are no "record / page selection" options in the iPad print function, one would have to create the desired length report(s) in advance (my test one had 33 pages! ... had to "kill" the printer after a couple or three) :)
          Cheers!
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            Re: Print/Preview Page Layout Report

            Update: scratch the above idea ... the report is "static". Back to the drawing board :)
            Cheers!
            Lyle Chamney
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