Create a report snapshot by using the OutputTo action and publish it to the Web

1. Create a macro with one or more OutputTo actions, one for each report you want to output in report snapshot format. For example:

   Create Snapshot macro

   Action	Argument	Value
   OutputTo	Object Type	Report
   	Object Name	Catalog
   	Output Format	Snapshot Format
   	Output File	\\Website\Inetpub\wwwroot\Webreports\Catalog.snp *
   	Auto Start	No

   
   

   * Output directly to the folder on the World Wide Web server.
   
   

2. On the home page of the Web site, do one of the following:
   • Create a link to each report snapshot using an HTML anchor tag. For example:

     <A HREF="http://Website/WebReports/catalog.snp">Catalog report</A>
     

   • Embed the Snapshot Viewer control in an HTML Object tag by using the Microsoft ActiveX Control Pad application, and set the control parameters using the Control Pad Object Editor (you can only use this method with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later). For example:

     <OBJECT ID="SnapshotViewer" WIDTH=640 HEIGHT=480
      CLASSID="CLSID:F0E42D60-368C-11D0-AD81-00A0C90DC8D9">
         <PARAM NAME="_ExtentX" VALUE="16722">
         <PARAM NAME="_ExtentY" VALUE="11774">
         <PARAM NAME="_Version" VALUE="65536">
         <PARAM NAME="SnapshotPath"
      VALUE="http://Website/WebReports/catalog.snp">
         <PARAM NAME="Zoom" VALUE="0">
         <PARAM NAME="AllowContextMenu" VALUE="-1">
         <PARAM NAME="ShowNavigationButtons" VALUE="-1">
     </OBJECT>
     

Notes

• If the report is based on a parameter query, you will need to modify the macro to run it in a batch file. You can use the SendKeys action to pass the parameter information, or you can modify the report by removing the parameter query and using specific criteria.
  
  
• You can also create a Visual Basic for Applications program to do the same task.