Purpose

The External Report allows the Focus system to call another program, file or website from the Reports Window.

 

Accessing the External Report Options

While in Focus Setup, select Reports > Setup and then select the External Report.

 

Figure 8.60 External Report Setup Window

 

Figure 8.61 External Report Setup Window Options

Field	Description
Name	The Name of the report, up to 25 alphanumeric characters.
Program Name	The path to the program file, file name or website address.   Sample Program Name and Description Program Name Description http://www.myfocuspos.com Pulls up the Focus Web Reporting website, www.myfocuspos.com Calc.exe Pulls up the Windows calculator. C:\focus\batch.bat Runs the batch file batch.bat located in c:\focus. C:\focus\images\nutrition.pdf Pulls up the .pdf file, nutrtition.pdf located in c:\focus\images. C:\focus\images\nutrition.htm Pulls up the .htm file, nutrtition.htm located in c:\focus\images.

 

Related Topics

Job Right ‘Reports – Report Setup’