exporting attributes

[Jose Lerebours]

Richard wondered:


> << Excel opens XHTML files just fine, try saving your document in a
> standard XHTML format.
> Instead of using an .csv or .htm extension, use a regular .xls or .xlsx.
>
> To format content, use CSS.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jose Lerebours >>
>
> Jose,
>
> You understand that I am generating these from filepro (export - dif
> format)? I guess I could write these as an HTML table.  Is there any
> difference I should be aware of between HTML and XHTML?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
>
>
Rick,

I do and so it is why I suggested what I did.  I do this all the time out of
PHP.  There is really no difference as far as where is the data coming from
or what scripting language is used; the end result still the same.

The basic difference between XHTML and HTML is that XHTML may be accompanied
by javascript and css to give it added functionality.  The HTML is simply
your standard tag based page with standard boxed layout.  In other words, if
you start to add layers, javascripts, images, objects and css to your html,
you would effectively turn it into XHTML.

Do not let this confuse you, if you create an HTML table out of filePro with
rows and columns and apply properties to this columns just as you would in
HTML, if you open this file in excel, you will find that it looks just as it
would on your browser.

Of course, this does not mean you will be able to embed formulas or anything
like that, this just makes it possible for you to
1. Add links
2. Format content using fonts, background, images, ...
3. Display layers with properties just as you would on any standard browser

Excel does a great job opening these files.  Run a test, take an HTML page
(mypage.html) and save it as an excel file (mypage.xls); now open the
document in excel ... Nice!

A lot people spend a great deal of time and efford trying produce PDF or
excel document writing complicated routines where a simple HTML table
renamed with an excel file extension gives you staunding results.

Regards,


Jose Lerebours
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