Re: Oracle report client vs Crystal report client

From: LionVan <member38195_at_dbforums.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:11:15 -0400
Message-ID: <3332990.1062724275_at_dbforums.com>


Hi ,

[Quoted] I suggest you a third-part software named repexpert which can print and handle report file generated by oracle report server .

repexpert is a oracle report client .

It can also convert report in HTML or HTMLCSS format to excel format !

repexpert is a free software ,

please visit http://repexpert.freewebpage.org/ for details .

By the way ,

A commercial software which can help you generate excel report released !

It is named rep2excel .

What is Rep2excel ?

Rep2excel is running on server side , it can convert .html file generated by oracle report server to excel format , you can download the excel file via browser .That means , you can browse you report in excel format via IE just like report in HTML format .

Rep2excel can convert report in HTML or HTMLCSS format to excel format.

Why rep2excel is the best software which can convert html to excel ?Because it is designed for Oracle Report only !

How does rep2excel runs?

The current version of rep2excel is a CGI application running on win32 platform . You can execute the application inside Apache server (oracle http server is based on apache server ) . After oracle report server output report into a html file, you can call the application to convert the report to excel thru web-browser .

for details,

please visit : http://rep2excel.freewebpage.org/

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