from baan to excel, word, pdf, html, xml & notepad in one click! b2win 6.0

From Baan to Excel, Word, PDF, HTML, XML & Notepad in one click!

B2Win 6.0

B2Win is the ultimate utility to get your Baan output directly into Excel, Word, Acrobat, HTML, XML or Notepad.

B2Win (Baan to Windows)

B2Win - CustomersSince June, 2000, B2Win has been installed at hundreds of servers in more than 40 countries. It is used daily by users to automate transfer of Baan reports into front-office applications.

Installing B2Win

It is easy to deploy B2Win. It is installed on the Baan Server, and there is no need to install it on every single PC in the organization – Yet every user working with Baan can use it.

Using B2Win

Print a report from Baan and Choose device B2Win

In few moments, the following screen appears:

6 File Formats, 4 conversion modes, Logo, background, Font and Orientation

  Table – B2Win will clean all titles – Automatically or based on the configuration designed earlier for this report, and the result will be in a table format.

For every output format you choose, (Excel, Word, Notepad, PDF, HTML and XML) you have the possibility to receive the result in one of four modes:

In addition to these four modes, the company logo and the report background can be added to the generated document, the report Orientation and fonts can be changed. If you wish to use a logo that belongs to a different company than the current one, changing the company number will allow this.

Using the “Save Defaults” Option will save these values for future running of the same report.

  As-Is – The report will be taken as-is into the chosen format. No fonts or configuration will be taken into account.

  Graphics – The report will be exported to the chosen format with the fonts defined in Baan.

  User-Defined – The report will be exported while a pre-defined macro will run directly after it.

Automatic Conversion

B2Win can automatically convert most reports into Excel and other tabular modes without any human intervention. B2Win uses a smart conversion tool that performs the following:-Delete Titles that appear in every page

-Delete headers that appear in every page and use them only once-Recognize leading zeros-Recognize the minus sign on the right side in Finance Reports

-Convert to the client’s date format, decimal symbol and thousand separator

If you have sub-headers, an irregular header, or a different delimiter than the standard “|” in Baan reports, you need additional formatting in order to allow better report conversion to Excel.

The following are examples for non-standard reports:

Non-standard Reports

Configuring your report – An example

The following is an example of the extra information needed in order to allow better conversion in the “table mode” (specially into Excel).

Floating header

Sub totals can be done

by Excel

A missing delimiter

If you have sub-headers, an irregular header, or a different delimiter than the standard “|” in Baan reports, you need additional formatting in order to allow better report conversion to Excel

The Solution – Configure your report with the B2Win wizard:

Add Floating Value

Assign Main Header Add Floating Header

Press “Next”

Assign Data Type

Rename Column Title

Choose Column to Split

Mark location and split

Additional Report Formatting

Conditional Formatting

The result in Excel after converting the report using B2Win

Report needs to configured only once. Next time this report is run by any user, same settings will be used for optimal conversion of report to tabular format.

The configuration is saved per language.

The following are some examples of B2Win capabilities

B2Excel

B2Word

As-Is mode+backgroundTable mode

B2PDF

As-Is mode + background Graphics mode

B2HTML

Table mode

B2XML

Table

mode As-Is mode

Contact Information

Get a fully operational demo version now from www.nazdaq-it.com

info@nazdaq-it.com

NAZDAQ is a provider of Add-ons for Baan and Infor ERP Ln Customers. Other products from NAZDAQ are B2Email, Baan Mail-Merge, Baan Hot Link, B-Notified, Baan Color Changer and Baan Query Tool