View Page

View Page displays the data and images in a Web page format. Displaying a record in Web page format allows you to benefit from the full potential of the browser and the Internet new technologies.

There is no limit on the number of ways you could display your data in the View Page. The integration of data and the browser gives advanced users unlimited flexibility with adding new custom functionality that already is provided by the Internet. You can easily:

• Create custom HTML layouts for viewing your data (select the font size, background color, fields layout, display data in rows or tables, display data in any order, include all or selected fields, display one field in several places).
• Create several HTML template files that will allow you to display and view data depending on the current requirements.
• Create HTML template files that you can use as letter templates, report templates, or any document forms.
• Integrate data with the Internet resources, search engines, mapping systems, multimedia, ActiveX Controls,..

View Page displays records in a simple row form (no HTML template file loaded) or in a complex, fully customizable form through HTML template files. View Page accepts HTML files with keywords that represent data fields. Before the HTML file is displayed in the View Page all keywords are replaced with data contents.

The View Page also allows you to visit WEB pages on the Internet. Click with right mouse button on the display window opens the popup menu with the browser commands. Please check the explanation of the commands in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser help.

View Page/Tool Bar is displayed at the top of the view window.

• Go Back button: click here to return to the last page you viewed
• Go Forward button: click here to view the page you have seen previously
• Change Font Size Button: click here to change the font size

PrimaSoft Home Page Button: click here to display our Home Page (http://www.primasoft.com). Stay tuned for future releases of our products. Any new versions will be announced on our Web Home Page.

Edit HTML Template File Button: click here to display Edit HTML Template window. Create or modify html template. Edit HTML Template has the same functionality as Print Customized Documents (only without print features). Both functions share the same templates that are stored automatically in the "c:/your_organizer/data/view" folder

HTML Template File Edit Box: displays the name of the template file. Click here to load a custom HTML template file.

Default HTML Template

View Page allows you to select HTML files(templates) for viewing your records. If you do not select the custom HTML file then the viewer displays all data fields in rows.

Custom HTML Templates

View Page allows you to load any HTML file with keywords that represent data fields. Design HTML documents with the tool you know very well, your favorite HTML Editor. Use this document as a template for viewing your records. You can also use this feature for creating custom reports, letters, forms,...

Examples (custom reports, letters, forms,...)

• Web Builder Deluxe -> HTML template in the form of the final Web page (HTML Wizard allows you to use this template for generating Web pages).
• Inventory Organizer -> HTML template in the form of the Standard Purchase Order
• Address Organizer -> HTML templates in the form of the Custom Letters
• Hardware Organizer -> HTML template in the form of the Standard Discrepancy Report
• Collectibles Organizer -> HTML template in the form of the WEB Catalog Page

Right mouse click on the viewer displays the standard Internet Explorer popup menu; Select Print command to print the HTML document. Select View Source command to view HTML code in the Notepad Editor. Use Notepad Save command to save the HTML document as the HTML file.

How to use Custom HTML Templates

1) HTML Editor -> Create HTML document (template).

• Create HTML file with your favorite HTML editor.
• Define the layout of your HTML document (menu, tables, background, graphics, footer, header,.....). Decide where you would like to have information from your database fields. Just try to create the whole document with the sample data from one data record.
• When you are satisfied with your HTML page delete the sample data and insert at the same position Keywords that represent data fields: <
  !--PrimaSoft:1--> ,.... <!--PrimaSoft:4--> ...
  or (with data field labels) <
  !--PrimaSoft:L1--> ,.... <!--PrimaSoft:L4-->...
• Some HTML editing tools does not allow to enter the above keys correctly. Starting with version 1.2 the Organizer also accepts keywords in the following form: !!--PrimaSoft:N or !!--PrimaSoft:LN

2) Keywords <!--PrimaSoft:N--> or !!--PrimaSoft:N

• Rule 1: Keywords have the following syntax (without spaces): <
  ! - - P r i m a S o f t : N - - >
  or
  ! ! - - P r i m a S o f t : N
• Rule 2: The Number in the keyword represents the position of the data field in the data record.
• Rule 3: You can put L indicator in front of the Number. In this case the field name will be listed at the beginning of the field contents. <!--PrimaSoft:LN--> with the field name.
• Rule 4 (starting with version 1.2): New and old keywords could be entered at any position in the HTML template file.

3) Example (HTML Custom Template with keywords)

<
HTML> <
HEAD> <
TITLE> !!--PRIMASOFT:1</TITLE> <
/HEAD> <
BODY> <
BR> <
BR> <
TABLE WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="300" BORDER="1" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF99FF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF"> <
TR> <
TD WIDTH="0"></TD> <
TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="30%"> !!--PRIMASOFT:2 </TD> <
TD ALIGN="LEFT" ROWSPAN=5 WIDTH=70%> !!--PRIMASOFT:3</TD> <
/TR> <
TR> <
TD></TD>
<
TD ROWSPAN="4" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"> !!--PRIMASOFT:4</TD> <
/TR> <
TR> <
TD></TD> <
/TR> <
TR> <
TD></TD> <
/TR> <
TR> <
TD></TD> <
/TR> <
/TABLE> <
/BODY> <
/HTML>