Re: Spooled file ==> Web Page?

[Jim Blizard <jimb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Give the <pre> </pre> HTML tag a try.(That's the quick and dirty method)
Alternately you could build a table using the <table> </table> tags.  

I'd be happy to get more specific if you like. 

Jim Blizard
jimb@otterspace.com


On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Robert Myers wrote:

> Please help me with this...
> 
> 1) RISC-based 400 running V3R7.
> 2) Simple spooled file with some vertical and horizontal lines
> using the (-) and (|) chars. with a mixture of approx. 200+ chars.
> across.
> 
> Trying to get it out of the 400 and into a Web page!
> 
> Got the process down, and can see it in the web page,
> but it doesn't respect the tabs(?), so the 'columns' of the
> report don't line up - it looks terribly messy!
> 
> This is how I did it:
> 
> First used the 'copy to file' command.
> Then, used Netsoft's 32bit transfer program to upload
> it to the PC side (basic sequencial type of format).
> Pulled it up in WordPad, and suprisingly looks just
> like it was on the spool file - columns lined up and
> everything!
> 
> But then, I dropped into a 1 column by 1 column table
> (all 255 chars. across) on the Web pageand guess what?
> The columns were all messy! :-(
> 
> HELPPPPPP!!!!!
> 
> So, what's the best way to move a spooled file into
> *your* web page?
> 
> Any third party products you'd recommend?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
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