Can you embed a Word document in an Actuate report 1

[SBendBuckeye]

Can you use some kind of OLE container on an Actuate report to hold a formatted Word document? If so, can someone point me to the process. Client lost only experienced resource and must have a report done in a couple days which will must include data from a merge done in Word. They are using Office 2000 if that makes any difference.

Sorry I can't ask the question any better. I'm just muddling through as this point. Thanks in advance for any help!

Have a great day!

j2consulting@yahoo.com

 

[FavorsTheBold]

Sure. There is a control called (appropriately) AcOLEContainerControl with which you can embed a formatted Word document in an Actuate report.

I am using Actuate 5, SP2, and this is how I do it:
1. Pull down the Insert menu and select "Object...";
2. Place the control on your report where you want it;
3. Click the "Create New" radio button and select "Microsoft Word Document" from the Object Type list.

Though you are able to edit the document at that point, I find it easier to:
4. Click on some report white space (to remove focus from the control) then right click the OLE container control and select Properties;
5. Click on the OleItem property, then click the ellipsis button (...) to the right. This will open Word, where you may type and format your document or cut and paste it from an existing document.

A word of warning: OLE container controls are deactivated (that is, not visible) if you are viewing your Actuate report on the web via DHTML. But they are visible if you use the LRX plugin.

Regards,
Tim

 

[SBendBuckeye]

Excellent reply Tim, thanks a lot for getting me started! Now for a couple more questions which will hopefully clarify things a bit more.

Client needs to embed a Word form letter in an Actuate report. Since it is a form letter Actuate needs to call Word via automation to generate the form letter for the currently printing customer.

1. Does Actuate support automation? If so, how do you dimension and instantiate an object?

2. Which Actuate object and which level do I override to make the above happen. Sorry for general questions but I have never seen Actuate before and I'm not sure where to begin.

3. If Actuate can communicate with Uniface on a per record basis, they have a process in Uniface that could create the current form letter and save it to a specified path for Actuate to pick up with a link.

Have a great day!


Have a great day!

j2consulting@yahoo.com