CPCS with NTWS 5

[Mike Grigsby]

I noticed there is a demo for NTWS 5 and CPCS reporting. What will this do that Clarion reports won't (in NTWS)? I know what CPCS does, because I own an older version, but what would it do in a web environment? Flow text from one page to another, for example?

[Bruce]

Hi Mike,

Think of a report as being 3 parts.
a) the report itself, generated by a Clarion procedure, in WMF format. The template might be CPCS, or the built-in report, or hand-coded, or whatever.
b) the conversion of the wmf files to a single PDF file
c) delivery of the PDF via the HTTP connection, as a response to a request.

So to answer your question - the report template is isolated from the web server. The (c) part, which is what the web server does will serve up whatever PDF file is created, which in turn is converted from whatever WMF files are created.

So CPCS does what CPCS does - and has all the benefits associated with that. The WebServer just delivers it.

Cheers
Bruce

[Mike Grigsby]

Bruce, thank you. That is an excellent description. I'm completely clear on it now.

BTW, I'm thrilled with what I've been able to do with NTWS 5 so far. It has a real zippy feeling compared to 4. It was cool to be able to download a new theme and have it work in just a couple of minutes.