[Emerald] Emerald 2.5 Invoices

Jeff Hopkins ( "Jeff )
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:45:49 -0800

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Hi,
I am having trouble getting a decent CCreceipt or Email invoice using
Emerald 2.5 and CR6. The HTML invoice is a great ideal but the final email
format it still is very unpredictable. The text email format is terrible.
I have spent more time tweaking the Crystal reports invoice and CC receipt
reports, the two I currently use, then my entire time setting up and using
Emerald. It is hard to come across as a professional business with
unreadable invoices.

There needs to be a way to let me have full control over the final look of
the email. Could I extract the invoice info from the DB myself and email it
in a presentable format? Why would you use CR? Isn't there a simpler, more
user controllable way to do this? Perl or something?

Thanks,
Jeff Hopkins

Default Emerald CC receipt email. (truncated paragraph, missing date, etc.)
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The following credit card was processed by Agalis

Authorization Name: Darrin Dailey
Last Four Digits: 7306
Billing Address: 954 Riverside Dr.

Request Date: Amount:$17.50

Crystal Reports 6.0 preview
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The following credit card was processed by Agalis Internet billing
department. If you have any questions, please contact Jeff. 429-2701

Authorization Name: Darrin Dailey
Last Four Digits: 7306
Billing Address: 954 Riverside Dr.

Request Date: 2/1/2000
Amount: $17.50

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
Emerald 2.5 Invoices

Hi,
I am having trouble getting a =decent CCreceipt or Email invoice using Emerald 2.5 and CR6.  The =HTML invoice is a great ideal but the final email format it still is =very unpredictable.  The text email format is terrible.  I =have spent more time tweaking the Crystal reports invoice and CC =receipt reports, the two I currently use, then my entire time setting =up and using Emerald.  It is hard to come across as a professional =business with unreadable invoices.

There needs to be a way to let =me have full control over the final look of the email.  Could I =extract the invoice info from the DB myself and email it in a =presentable format?  Why would you use CR?  Isn't there a =simpler, more user controllable way to do this?  Perl or =something?

Thanks,
Jeff Hopkins



Default Emerald CC receipt =email.  (truncated paragraph, missing date, etc.)
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  The following credit =card was processed by Agalis



        Authorization =Name:   Darrin Dailey
          Last Four =Digits:   7306
           =Billing Address:   954 Riverside Dr.

           &=nbsp;  Request =Date:           &=nbsp;      Amount:$17.50







Crystal Reports 6.0 =preview
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The following credit card was =processed by Agalis Internet billing department. If you have any =questions, please contact Jeff. 429-2701

          Authorization Name:   Darrin =Dailey
          Last Four =Digits:   7306
           =Billing Address:   954 Riverside Dr.

           &=nbsp;  Request Date:   2/1/2000
           &=nbsp;        Amount:   =$17.50

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