We are in the process of moving our self-service application from WebFocus 5.3.3 using “CGI” (ibiweb.exe) calls under window server 2003 SP1 to version 7.6.4 doing Servlet calls on the same platform.
We are having a problem when we produce a format EXL2K report. Under 5.3.3 (or 7.6.4 using “CGI”) we are able to do a Table to display a user-friendly HTML in the browser. Telling people you may close the window
HOWEVER when we use a Servlet call the EXL2K appears in the browser window with the “message” instead of in EXCEL.
Everything works fine if we don’t display the “message”. This leaves behind a blank borwse window. But we would like continue to be user-friendly so we don’t get complains about blank windows. Does anyone have an idea?
Here is code to show the issue:
TABLE FILE EMPLOYEE
HEADING
"2 YOUR REPORT IS BEING CREATED"
"2 YOU MAY CLOSE THIS WINDOW WHEN YOUR REPORT IS DONE"
PRINT
EMP_ID NOPRINT
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1;
ON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGE
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT,COLOR='BLUE',SIZE=10,GRID=OFF,$
ENDSTYLE
END
TABLE FILE EMPLOYEE
SUM
GROSS
DED_AMT
BY EMP_ID
BY PAY_DATE
BY DED_CODE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
END
Jim Morrow
Web Focus 7.6.10 under Windows 2003
MVS 7.3.3