>> I need to convert an Abacus spreadsheet into HTML, preferably as a >> table or monospaced HTML text. >Hi Dilwyn, >You could try 'DBF2HTM' (Per Witte website) which converts Archive >DBF-files to HTLM tables. >Export your ABACUS file, import it in ARCHIVE and use DBF2HTM > >François Van Emelen My best idea so far has been to create an HTML-generating printer_dat for Xchange, which I hope to put on my website tonight.
Following Marcel's reminder recently, Xchange Abacus can have 3 different named drivers: 1. Task name 2. abba_dat (for Abacus, or archv_dat for Archive or quil_dat for Quill) 3. Xchange_dat. Xchange finds them in the help drive (usually the PROG_USE default drive). My approach was to create a printer_dat file called html_dat which is placed in the Xchange directory. It has to be Xchange, the original Quill, Abacus etc don't allow long enough strings in the printer_dat. In fact, you have to use the uncompiled pedit_bas program to avoid string input length problems, then make a printer_dat called html_dat containing the following (I hope these tags survive email, I'm trying to send as plain text!): preamble: <HTML><HEAD><TITLE><Xch2Html></TITLE></HEAD><BODY><PRE> postamble: <</PRE></BODY></HTML> bold on: <b> bold off: </b> underline on: <u> underline off: </u> subscript on: <sub> subscript off: </sub> superscript on: <sup> superscript off: </sup> translates: as required, e.g. £ to 163. In Xchange's openign Task Control screen, start a copy of Abacus and give it the task name html. This prints using the printer driver html_dat, print to file and voila! You get a fairly basic html file direct from Abacus. Although I haven't tried it, I think it should work with Quill or Archive if suitably renamed (quill_dat for Quill, archv_dat for Archive). -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/268 - Release Date: 23/02/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
