Best way to generate HTML report from UIA

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Simon--er, no...it was Boaz Bezborodko--said:
> I want to generate some A/R information reports from the UIA screen of a
> customer's record.  I would like to be able to generate it as an HTML
> document.  But the question is what is the fastest method.
> 
> I ma operating in a windows environment with a Novell file server for
> the data.  I figure there are two ways to do this.  The first is use a
> SYSTEM call using the START command to open a new window to run a report
> while passing the customers number.  The other is to do the lookups and
> generate the file with OPENFILE and WRITELN statements.
> 
> Executing a report in a separate screen will involve a little bit of a
> delay to both open the screen and start RREPORT.  Does this mean that
> the OPENFILE option would be quicker?

Yes, although possibly marginally depending on machine speed.  In general,
it will use less resources, and unless you migrate to the as-yet-unreleased
5.6, will also save a user seat on the license.

I personally use OPEN/WRITE[LN]/CLOSE for everything, including HTML
output.  To me, it's the sanest way to handle HTML in fP.

mark->