Re: Oracle Reports. Outputing preformated text in HTML.

If you are able to print the data in the layout you want, you can also do so 'to file' to a PostScript printer driver.

Our (commercial) PS2text software converts the resulting PS file to pure ASCII text, retaining the spacing of the original text strings (horizontal and vertical placement). It is regluarly used for Oracle Reports output.

If this sounds like something that might help you, the fastest way to determine this is to send me a sample file in PostScript. More info is at the URL below.

Jeroen Dekker

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a1ik wrote:



> Hello all,


>

> I hope somebody can give me an advice.

>

> I have multiline preformatted text stored in VARCHAR2 column. I need to

> output this text in Oracle Reports filed preserving all spaces and new lines

> even when report is generated in HTML format. If I let Oracle Reports to

> generate HTML it creates HTML table and puts the content of the column into

> a table's cell without handling multiple spaces and new lines. To fix that,

> I introduced a column formula which insets <pre> and </pre> HTML tags before

> and after the text. However, these tags are converted by Oracle Reports into

> &lt...&rt sequences and as a result are ignored by browsers. When I set

> "Contains HTML tags" property of the Oracle Reports filed to 'YES' the tags

> are not suppressed, however Oracle Reports fixes the size of the filed and

> doesn't let me to use 'Expand' and 'Variable' settings for it. The text I am

> trying to output has multiple lines and the number of lines can vary, so I

> can't use the field of fixed size.

>

> I am stack and would appreciate any suggestions,

>

> thank you!

>

> --Alexander