HTML Files

[Nancy Palmquist]

Robert Haussmann wrote:

>>Does anyone know if it is possible to use the filePro HTML 
>>command and 
>>create a new HTML file each time the customer account changes?
>>
>>I put programming that would do HTML :CR webpage and HTML :CL at the 
>>break point.
>>
>>I had to use "1" as a ID for the HTML command since my first 
>>idea was to 
>>use the account number to make a unique page.  limit is 0-20 
>>and that is 
>>not enough.
>>
>>I never have more than one open at a time but I don't seem to 
>>be getting 
>>even one page.
>>
>>Each time the account number changes I start a new page.  At 
>>the break 
>>point, I close the page.
>>
>>If I can't do this with HTML, I can adjust the programming to 
>>an EXPORT 
>>command and put my tags in manually.  Shouldn't be too tricky.
>>
>>This was just supposed to make a index page for each 
>>customer's pages. 
>>Seemed simple enough.
> 
> 
> If I understand what you are asking, we do this all the time.
> We build files on a specific field, so that we end up with one
> file per field value.  Like you suggest, we are doing this in
> @wbr processing.
> 
> When you say that you had to use "1" as the ID for the HTML commands,
> I assume you are carrying this through to the :CR and :CL commands
> as well, right?
> 
> We've never used *only* id "1" to create these files (e.g., usually
> we have an index page that gets created as we go along, using id "0",
> and then each individual page uses id "1").  It's a long shot, but is
> it possible that you can't use "1" without using "0" (I doubt it, but
> you never know).
> 
> Can you post some code?
> 
> Bob Haussmann
> Tabor Children's Services, Inc.
> 
> 
> 
I always used "1" as my  ID.  Never had to make different pages before.
I stripped this down a lot to give you the flow.  I expect this will 
create over 100 pages, with never more than one open at a time.  If I 
change the HTML "1" :CR "filename" I would think that would start 
another file but I am not sure if I don;t need to close something.  I 
don't seem to get even one file when I run this from a filePro Request 
Output prompt.  The debugger shows it is processing the filenames 
correctly and filePro created the folders I am writing to so I don't 
think it is a permission issue.  I get no filePro errors.

I omitted some variables and much of the details to get to the meat of 
the logic.  If this will work, I am all set.  If not, I can change the 
logic to use EXPORT and just write my tags manually.  I already had this 
subroutines from another set of logic and thought this would be simplier.

Break Point on Customer Account using a dummy report:
Beginning of the table.

IF: account ne 1 or account eq ""
Then: gosub HTMLTOP;account=1
if:  count eq "1"
then:  html "1" :ta : gosub tableheadings	'start a report table
if:
then:  html "1" :tr; html "1" :td :al "center"; html "1" :tx 1

repeat for all columns in the table

then: html "1" :td-;   html "1" :tr-

end

@wbrk1			'a stripped down version of the break point.
HTML "1" :bo-
HTML "1" :CL
END

--------------
HTMLTOP		'start a new HTML page when the customer account changes
WEBPAGE=FOLDER{"/"{1{"/index.html"	'/folder/12345/index.html - Ex.
HTML "1" :CR WebPage :TI "INDEX Page"
HTML "1" :BF :SI "2"

'		stuff for the heading

HTML "1" :BO
RETURN
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Nancy Palmquist
Virtual Software Systems
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