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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 or HTML
documents.
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The facility takes advantage of the
existing structure of WISLreport 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.
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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 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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