From Baan to Excel Word PDF HTML XML

From Baan to Excel, Word, PDF, HTML, XML & Notepad in one click! B 2 Win 6. 0 – The Stand Alone Version

B 2 Win (Baan to Windows) B 2 Win is the ultimate utility to get your Baan output directly into Excel, Word, Acrobat, HTML, XML or Notepad.

B 2 Win - Customers Since June, 2000, B 2 Win 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.

How does B 2 Win work? B 2 Win is an easy to install tool, that will automatically copy your pre-defined report after saving it using ASCIF Device from the Baan server (UNIX / NT) to the local PC

6 File Formats, 3 conversion modes, Logo, background, Font and Orientation For every output format you choose, (Excel, Word, Notepad, PDF, HTML and XML) you have the possibility to receive the result in one of three modes: Table – B 2 Win will clean all titles – Automatically or based on the configuration designed earlier for this report, and the result will be in a table format. As-Is – The report will be taken as-is into the chosen format. No fonts or configuration will be taken into account. User-Defined – The report will be exported while a pre-defined macro will run directly after it. In addition to these three 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.

Automatic Conversion B 2 Win can automatically convert most reports into Excel and other tabular modes without any human intervention. B 2 Win 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

Non-standard Reports 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:

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). A missing delimiter Floating header Sub totals can be done by Excel 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 B 2 Win wizard: Assign Main Header Add Floating Header Press “Next” Add Floating Value

Assign Data Type Rename Column Title

Choose Column to Split Mark location and split

Additional Report Formatting Excel’s Conditional Formatting

The result in Excel after converting the report using B 2 Win 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 following are some examples of B 2 Win capabilities B 2 Excel

B 2 Word Table mode As-Is mode+background

B 2 PDF As-Is mode + background

B 2 HTML Table mode

B 2 XML Table mode As-Is mode

Creating Shortcuts If you daily convert an ASCII file that is generated & stored on your Baan server (UNIX/NT), the shortcut feature will help you. After you double click the shortcut B 2 Win will bring your report from the server & convert it to the wanted format.

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