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Reply posted by Chad Amberg on Sun 30 Dec 2001 in response to Keeping the boss happy

Combined this with an agent I use to export CSV

Hope this formats correctly. If not, its going to be on my web page at
http://www.bluestream.org.


I had an agent that I used to create a .csv file directly off of the web
browser. I've converted it here. This is completely generic, and will dump any
view listed without requiring conversion. I've added code here to properly
format numbers and dates, which you can modify to your tastes. Just make sure
you change the view name as necessary.


What I normally do is create a hidden data dump view with all the raw data.
That way when people ask for reports (like most people know what it means
anyways,) I give them the benefits of the data dump, so they can create their
own custom reports on the fly without waiting for a developer! This usually
either pacifies them or confuses them enough to let me get back to my game...


'Generate Report|report.xls:


Option Public
Option Explicit
%INCLUDE "lsconst.lss"
%INCLUDE "lsxbeerr.lss"


Sub Initialize


'This agent creates a excel file and dumps it directly to the web browser.
'The browser interprets it as a file.
'The script runs line by line, first taking the view column headers, then
'all the data itself. Please make sure you update the view name.
'It is currently ExportView


Dim session As New NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim v As NotesView
Dim docX As NotesDocument
Dim col As Integer
Dim lineitem As String
Dim View As String
Set db = session.CurrentDatabase


'Sets the download to use Excel
Print |Content-Type:application/vnd.ms-excel|
'Triggers the save/open prompt instead of embedding the spreadsheet in the
browser
Print |Content-Disposition:Attachment; filename="Report.xls"|
On Error Goto errorHandler


View="ExportView"
Set v = db.GetView(View$)
Call v.refresh
col=1
Print |<Table border>|
lineitem=""
Forall vColumn In v.Columns
If col < 1 Then
Elseif col=1 Then
lineitem=|<th align="center"><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR="000000">|+vColumn.Title
Else
lineitem=lineitem+|<th align="center"><FONT SIZE=3
COLOR="0000FF">|+vColumn.Title
End If
col=col+1
End Forall
lineitem=lineitem


Print lineitem
Set docX=v.GetFirstDocument
lineitem=""
While Not docX Is Nothing
col=1
Forall cValue In docX.ColumnValues
If col=1 Then
lineitem=|<tr>|
End If
If cValue="" Then 'blank value still formats the cell
lineitem=lineitem+|<td> </td>|
Elseif Isdate(cValue) Then 'date format
lineitem=lineitem+|<TD ALIGN="right"
STYLE="vnd.ms-excel.numberformat:dd-mmm-yyyy">|+cValue+|</td>|
Elseif Isnumeric(cValue) Then
If (v.columns(col-1).numberformat=3) Then 'currency format
lineitem=lineitem+|<td ALIGN="right"
STYLE="vnd.ms-excel.numberformat:$#,##0.00">|+cValue+|</td>|
Else 'other number format
lineitem=lineitem+|<td ALIGN="right">|+cValue+|</td>|
End If
Else 'Plain text format
lineitem=lineitem+|<td>|+cValue+|</td>|
End If



col=col+1
End Forall
Print lineitem+|</tr>|
Set docX=v.GetNextDocument(docX)
Wend
Print |</table>|
Exit Sub


errorHandler:
Print "There has been an error " & Err() & " : " & Error() & " - On Line "+Cstr
(Erl) & Chr$(13)
Exit Sub


End Sub