HTML Output Format

An HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) output format is standard used for formatting web pages.

This page discusses:

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Supported Functionality

Output Format Tags Correspondence

A file generated in .html contains the following associated tags:

Template Structures Corresponding tags in the generated file
Section X <Hx>
Paragraph <p>

Note: Some specific styles can be associated with a table, for more information see Chart Styles for Tables.

Generation Process

You can interact in the generation process to customize the look of your report file. The %endheader and %begintrailer keywords must be inserted in the .html output formats. The following process describes how Report Generation generates .html report files:

  • Pastes the output format document header in the report file
  • Replaces the text placed between %endheader and %begintrailer keywords by the generated content
  • Pastes the output format document end in the report file