@Ted that is an interesting approach. If I understand you correctly, run the report take the output and use that as the basis of a template. Very nice.
I am looking at +50 reports. As far as a JS reporting engine goes we haven't really decided at this point. We are toying with possibly using online spreadsheets as a more flexible option. However, we still have the problem that we must produce barcoded labels and the best platform for that seems to be PDF or XPS. Looking at https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-pdf On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:15 AM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Paul Hemans <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a utility that will take a vfp8 report .frx / .frt and > > convert it into some form of html template? To clarify, I am not looking > to > > run a vfp report and have it output in html. > > However, if you run all of your VFP reports and have it output to > HTML, you will have the skeleton of an HTML template. You'll "just" > need to replace the specific data with whatever placeholder/expression > your new report engine uses. > > > We need to take a number of fairly simple reports and permanently move > them > > to html. I expect to have to do some editing to clean them up. > > When you say, "a number" do you mean a single digit or four digits, or > something in between? The level of effort required might help > understand how much work you're willing to do to avoid the gruntwork > of manual conversion. > > > The application currently outputs pdfs from frx and they are presented on > > the web. However, to better support i18n the database is moving to > > Postgres, and the code to JS, that leaves a problem with the reports. > > Since you're going to PostgreSQL and JavaScript, which implies > Unicode, I would avoid VFP and Window's clunky code page and > double-byte character solutions, as they just make a mess. > > Has your dev team selected a JS reporting engine? This will really > guide what you need to create. If you've decided to do it yourself,... > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAKT3oPcVO_K7i=cxgugj8gr4qc-wg13xsa9dhk_4htykgz8...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
