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WISL eREP provides for the
generation of reports as files that may be electronically
transferred to the recipient anywhere through e-mail or
alternate mechanism and viewed with the desktop facility of
choice as text, PDF or HTML documents.
The facility takes advantage
of the existing structure of WISL report specification which
provides for the collection of "print mode" for each report that
is generated. If the printer has been specified as "erep" and if
the user specifies "P" to the print mode prompt then file name
is prompted and the generated report will be available to the
WISL eREP interactive routine.
WISL utilizes its own "Printer Control" utility to specify
the printer for the UniVerse spooler. If the "erep" printer can
be specified for reports of non-WISL information systems
applications then the file handling and display preparation
facilities can also be utilized with those print files.
Almost any desktop facility
can be utilized to display or edit the report results. Special
formatting is available if the file had been saved as HTML and a
browser is utilized for display. Other desktop facilities such
as word processors may we used if desired.
It is important to have data
arranged in reports to address specific operational and
analytical needs. But does it have to be on paper? Hard copy
takes up lots of space, is cumbersome to handle and often makes
it difficult to access specific items of data. There may also be
significant delays in receiving printed reports and they may be
dated before they are received. There can also be significant
costs for the paper and for shipping and handling.
 
The facilities of WISL eREP provide
for generation of electronic files where paper is currently
printed and makes them available to the recipient in a form to
conveniently process on a desktop utility in either text, PDF or HTML
format. The user may print only those portions of the documents
where hard copy is necessary and may reformat the results in a
manner more convenient for specific needs.
 
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PowerPoint Demo Of WISL eREP |
