Rave Reports Visual Designer

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Rave has the capability to save reports as HTML files. This makes it easy to have reports readily available over the Internet or through a company intranet. HTML files can be created in the Visual Designer and in the Report Preview window.

To save a report as HTML from the Visual Designer, first get to the Output Options Dialog. Do this by using the Execute Report from the Project menu, or by using the F9 key.  In the Output Options dialog box, choose the File option from the Report Destination area. Using the Format drop down box to get to the HTML option will set the format to HTML. Clicking on the disk, will allow the user to set the path of where to save the file to and to name the HTML file.

Once a report is saved and properly formatted it may be helpful to first Preview the report. Preview the report by executing the report and choosing Preview from the Output Options dialog. After looking the report over in the Report Preview, choose the Save As option in the File menu. This will bring up the Save File dialog, where a report can be saved into HTML.

To save the HTML format, in the Save as type drop-down menu, select HTML files. Then type in the name of the new HTML file in the File name edit box. When done, click Save. Each page of the report will be saved as an individual HTML file. For example, a three-page report would produce three pages of HTML. On each page, navigations links to the previous and next pages are provided. Once saved, the HTML files can be viewed with any Internet browser.