Subject Re: web wizard reports From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:44:15 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 24/09/2017 10:22, Ken Mayer wrote: > On 9/23/2017 5:18 PM, Charlie wrote: >> I am using web wizards to convert from a .rep to html report.  Is >> there a trick to this?  The report is published but is not correct >> structure wise.  There are four columns in the report.  The first like >> prints the first two columns then skips to the next line and prints >> the last two columns in the wrong place.  This the next three lines >> are correct then the error repeats.  Is this normally reliable????   >> Thanks > > It is likely the web wizards don't know how to deal with the structure > necessary for the multiple columns. They aren't very sophisticated, code > to convert like that is tricky ... > > I would suggest rather than using .rep files, create the code to > generate the HTML for the report yourself. A bit of work, but ... > > Ken > > Hi Charlie, I have never used the HTML output option for reports hence do not know the exact results but this is just a wild guess. Try using monospaced fonts. This way all the fields will be identical in width irrespective of the number of characters or spaces. Regards Akshat