Re: AS400 web data to MS Word

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Would RTF format work? We convert spool files to RTF in our FTP Manager
product, and I think you could do this pretty easily. The trick is to store
the RTF header and trailer source as wrapper for the data, then put a
formatting command at the beginning of each "line" of data. If you save a
simple document in RTF format you can see what it looks like. Windows and
Mac PCs will recognize the ".rtf" extension as something to be opened by
Word.

HTH,
Patrick
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http://www.patownsend.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Franz" <franz400@triad.rr.com>
To: "IGNITE400 MEMBERS LIST" <ign_list@ignite400.org>;
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Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 11:27 PM
Subject: AS400 web data to MS Word


> I am building a site that needs to include the ability to get
> AS400 data to the client, into a specific MS Word doc, which
> the user can then complete the letter & print. They will access
> various records to then print various letters. This is only
> a small part of the site, but very important. Each customer
> may have their own version of each letter. MS Word is
> already our standard, and we currently ftp a .csv file, and
> now uses a client VB pgm to merge with Word. Looking
> for something more web-native. The VB pgm causes
> many problems (versions, dll's, etc).
> Jim
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