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Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 11/18/88 11:28
Jud McCranie <youknowwhat.mccranie@adelphia.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:27:27 +0000 (UTC), "Jukka K. Korpela"
> <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
>
>>Wait a second. In which context? WWW, intranet, or perhaps just one
>>computer? And what reports?
>
> These reports are generated by my program and are to be emailed (as an
> attachment) to several people.
That still doesn't give much clue. Why do you use HTML as the format,
anyway? If it's tabulated data and will be E-mailed as an attachment, Excel
might work much better. After all, recipients could actually work with it,
reordering columns and whatever.
> It is a legacy application, of sorts, and if the font isn't fixed
> width, the columns won't line up.
It sounds like you need a table. Using preformatted text instead is hardly
a good idea - we did that in the 1970s, but...
> The program already puts the
> reports in text files and RTF files. But text files are limited and
> some recipients are having problems with the RTF files. I want to add
> HTML files to have things that text file can't, and to give an option
> to avoid problems for the recipient.
You're not describing the structure or the desired functionality.
>>Instead of telling what you want, why don't you describe the structure
>>and purpose of the data?
>
> The data consists of quite a few reports which use fixed spacing, in
> order to make the columns line up.
You're describing line printer oriented presentation, not structure.
> It does preserve the spacing, but I would like it to look more like a
> printed report.
Why?
> The printed reports and the preview of the reports
> adjust themselves so they display nicely.
I guess we'll never know what you are actually trying to accomplish.
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