Release 7.2 reintroduces support for the HTML2 report output format. Previous releases supported only one HTML format: release 7.0 supported only HTML2, and release 7.1 supported only HTML4. HTML2 support is reinstated in release 7.2 for clients who had previously created reports designed for HTML2 output. So in Release 7.2, HTML2 and HTML4 formats are available. This tech doc will discuss how this affects command file users.
Win2000, Win2003, AIX, HP, Solaris
A new setting, called HTML EXPORT_FMT Control, is found in the Report Viewer under Tools > Database Connection Defaults.
Users who created command files in versions prior to 7.1 might have specified uppercase H or lowercase h as the EXPORT_FMT for HTML output. Use the EXPORT_FMT Control to specify how the application should interpret the "H" or "h" specifying the EXPORT_FMT parameter in the command files.
Example Command File
When the HTML EXPORT_FMT Control check box is marked, an uppercase letter H in a command file is interpreted as HTML4, and a lowercase letter h is interpreted as HTML2. Conversely, when the HTML EXPORT_FMT Control check box is cleared, an uppercase letter H is interpreted as HTML2, and a lowercase letter h is interpreted as HTML4.
NOTE: The HTML EXPORT_FMT Control setting applies only to command file users. Users that have existing command files, consider the following items:
HTML2 and HTML4 output supported in Release 7.2