RE: AS400 web data to MS Word

Check out www.aia.nl
I do not exactly understand the Web part but we choose this to replace OV.
Merges AS400 data into Word. Allows you to use Word for all formatting on
the AS400 data also. (bold,fonts etc)


-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Townsend [mailto:patownsend@patownsend.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 2:44 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com; IGNITE400 MEMBERS LIST
Subject: Re: AS400 web data to MS Word



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>
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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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