[AccessD] Access Report to Email

Plus it it less likely that your end user needs to download yet something 
else just to read your report... and imnsho I think the pdf output looks 
closer to what comes out of a printer than the snapshot.


On 5/11/05, Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> wrote:
> 
> Some browsers have built in support, I believe. Non-proprietary format.
> You can copy and paste from pdf if that is allowed. Navigation
> capabilities in the reader for long files. Standardization with other
> documents. Use of pdf reports on web pages and in power point
> presentations. Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment.
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:55 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access Report to Email
> 
> Charlotte,
> 
> Beyond copying text, how is a pdf more flexible? What other advantages
> does it have over a report in Snapshot?
> 
> Dan Waters
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte
> Foust
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:25 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access Report to Email
> 
> The problem with snapshot is that it requires a specific viewer. PDF is
> a more flexible format and is in demand by our clients, at least.
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:26 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access Report to Email
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I know that most folks on this list seem to be fans of acrobat, but I
> use the Access snapshot format quite successfully.
> 
> The report can be created as an attachment easily, it is a very small
> size compared to a .pdf, and the viewer is a free one-time download from
> MS. In the emails I include a link to the MS site where the recipient
> can download the free Snapshot viewer.
> 
> Let me know if you'd like more information or a code example.
> 
> Dan Waters
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul M. Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:24 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Access Report to Email
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I know there once was extensive discussions on free tools to dump report
> to
> pdf at time on this list. Anyone has more recent information on best
> ways
> or newer suite of tools to send the results of an Access report by
> email?
> 
> Paul M. Jones
> 
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