Using HTML for Statements and Reports

There was a discussion earlier this week on Midrange-L that veered off to the 
topic of merging System i data with HTML templates for the production of form 
letters, statements, and reports, stored in the IFS, which reminded me of a 
proof-of-concept I did last year.

http://tinyurl.com/yoz9uu

If you view the source for the document it becomes more clear how blocks of 
content flow from top to bottom, similar to the generation of a spool file, 
after reading a set of database files.  But with the help of a Cascading Style 
Sheet, and the use of absolute positioning, the data can be formatted to fit on 
8 and 1/2 inch paper.

Just in case someone might be interested,

Nathan Andelin.

 



 
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