mickey grackin it specialist national institute of standards and technology

Mickey Grackin

IT Specialist

National Institute of Standards and Technology

WebFOCUS Report Design:WebFOCUS Report Design:

PDF vs. HTMLPDF vs. HTML

WebFOCUS Report Design: PDF vs. HTML

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AgendaAgenda

PDF versus HTML Discussion Traditional FOCUS Language Behavior General Formatting

GRIDs and BORDERs SPACES and GAPs SQUEEZE and WRAP

Live Demonstrations Other keywords

Disclaimer: This presentation should in no way be construed as indicating that WebFOCUS or Information Builders, Inc. are endorsed by NIST or are recommended by NIST or that they are necessarily the best materials, instruments, software or suppliers for the purposes described.


PDF versus HTML DiscussionPDF versus HTML Discussion


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PDF versus HTML DiscussionPDF versus HTML Discussion

They are two different animals HTML Format

What’s a page? I am a “living” document Dynamic Document Half Baked Document from WebFOCUS

PDF Format Must be a page! I am a “Permanent” document Static Document Fully Baked Document from WebFOCUS



General FormattingGeneral Formatting


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General Formatting – Default BehaviorGeneral Formatting – Default Behavior


TABLE FILE CARPRINT DEALER_COST RETAIL_COST SALESBY COUNTRYBY CARBY MODELBY BODYTYPEON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGEON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML or PDFEND


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GeneralGeneral Formatting – Default BehaviorFormatting – Default Behavior

HTML Format One “page” GRID around TITLEs and DATA No SPACE between columns Dynamic column widths

PDF Format Two pages No GRID around TITLEs and DATA GAPs between columns Fixed column widths



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General Formatting – WebFOCUS Style SheetGeneral Formatting – WebFOCUS Style Sheet


ON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,$ENDSTYLE

FOCUS Language keywords to control formatting of the report elements

WebFOCUS Style Sheet is NOT a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)


GRIDs and BORDERsGRIDs and BORDERs


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General Formatting – GRIDs and BORDERsGeneral Formatting – GRIDs and BORDERs


TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON,$

GRID keyword controls border lines around report elements

PDF versus HTML with GRID look different VGRID and HGRID keywords BORDER keywords added in later releases

(will discuss this later)


SPACEs and GAPsSPACEs and GAPs


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General Formatting – SPACES and GAPsGeneral Formatting – SPACES and GAPs

Traditional FOCUS Behavior SPACES – Places N spaces between

columns Column width depends on length of the

Field Format and Title values Very rarely used (if at all) in WebFOCUS SPACES setting Only works with

STYLEMODE=FIXED



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General Formatting – SPACES and GAPsGeneral Formatting – SPACES and GAPs

HTML Format SPACES setting has no affect Cell Spacing and Cell Padding Columns are only as wide as necessary

PDF Format SPACES setting has no affect GAPs separate columns Columns as wide as Field Format or Title

SQUEEZE and WRAP change the column width rules for both HTML and PDF formats



SQUEEZE and WRAPSQUEEZE and WRAP


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General Formatting – SQUEEZE and WRAPGeneral Formatting – SQUEEZE and WRAP

SQUEEZE=ON Removes unnecessary blanks HTML default behavior

SQUEEZE=OFF Mimics traditional column width behavior PDF default behavior

May be applied to the entire report or on specific report columns for both HTML and PDF formats

SQUEEZE=[number] is also possible



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WRAP=ON Allows text to word wrap HTML default behavior with GRID=ON

WRAP=OFF Does NOT allow text to word wrap HTML default behavior when

SQUEEZE=OFF or GRID=OFF PDF default behavior

WRAP=ON or OFF very rarely used WRAP=[number] is also possible



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ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON Allows full usage of SQUEEZE and WRAP

for HTML format Translates WebFOCUS Style Sheet to

Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) settings Has no affect on PDF format



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General Formatting – SQUEEZE and WRAP – HTMLGeneral Formatting – SQUEEZE and WRAP – HTML


TABLE FILE CARPRINT DEALER_COST RETAIL_COST SALESBY COUNTRYBY CARBY MODELBY BODYTYPEON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ONON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGEON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTMLON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON,$ENDSTYLEEND


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ON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON,$TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=CAR, SQUEEZE=2,$ENDSTYLEEND

SQUEEZE=[number] and HTML format Acts like maximum width setting It still WRAPs if necessary


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TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=CAR, SQUEEZE=2, WRAP=OFF,$

SQUEEZE=[number], WRAP=OFF and HTML format Locks width of the column Column will not wrap


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TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON, WRAP=OFF,$TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=CAR, SQUEEZE=2,$

TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=MODEL, SQUEEZE=2,$

TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=MODEL, WRAP=2,$


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General Formatting – SQUEEZE and WRAP – PDFGeneral Formatting – SQUEEZE and WRAP – PDF


TABLE FILE CARPRINT DEALER_COST RETAIL_COST SALESBY COUNTRYBY CARBY MODELBY BODYTYPEON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGEON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDFON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON,$ENDSTYLEEND


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ON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON,$TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=CAR, SQUEEZE=2,$ENDSTYLEEND

SQUEEZE=[number] and PDF format Locks width of the column It will truncate if necessary


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TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON, SQUEEZE=2,$TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=MODEL, WRAP=2,$

TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=MODEL, WRAP=2,$

TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=MODEL, SQUEEZE=2,$

TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON, WRAP=1.5,$


GAPs RevistedGAPs Revisted


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General Formatting – GAPsGeneral Formatting – GAPs


TABLE FILE CARPRINT DEALER_COST RETAIL_COST SALESBY COUNTRYBY CARBY MODELBY BODYTYPEON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGEON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDFON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON,$ENDSTYLEEND


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GAPs are the space between the column values and the gridlines that surround them on PDF format reports

LEFTGAP, RIGHTGAP, TOPGAP and BOTTOMGAP

Can be used for HTML format when: ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON

TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON, LEFTGAP=0,$


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TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON, LEFTGAP=0, BOTTOMGAP=.25,$

ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ONON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTMLON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, GRID=ON, LEFTGAP=1, BOTTOMGAP=.25,$


BORDERs RevistedBORDERs Revisted


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General Formatting – BORDERsGeneral Formatting – BORDERs


TABLE FILE CARPRINT DEALER_COST RETAIL_COST SALESBY COUNTRYBY CARBY MODELBY BODYTYPEON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGEON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ONON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML or PDFON TABLE SET STYLE *TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, SQUEEZE=ON,$ENDSTYLEEND


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Alternative to GRID BORDER keywords allow better control of

gridlines (borders) Consistent look between HTML and PDF Can change border STYLE, COLOR and

thickness of each border line

TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, SQUEEZE=ON, BORDER=LIGHT,$


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TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, SQUEEZE=ON, BORDER-LEFT=HEAVY, BORDER-LEFT-STYLE=DASHED, BORDER-LEFT-COLOR=RGB(255 0 255),$

TYPE=REPORT, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, SQUEEZE=ON, BORDER=HEAVY, BORDER-STYLE=DASHED, BORDER-COLOR=RGB(255 0 255),$


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SummarySummary


This is just the tip of the iceberg WebFOCUS offers tremendous flexibility and

control over report design for both the HTML and PDF formats

Find this and more on Information Builders Developer Center Tips and Techniques

WebFOCUS Report Design – Part 1http://www.informationbuilders.com/support/developers/htmlpdf.html

WebFOCUS Report Design – Part 2http://www.informationbuilders.com/support/developers/htmlpdf_part2.html


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