Customisation

Given the system is built around HTML using the HTTP protocol, the user is able to entirely customise the look and feel of all HTML pages and reports.

Each report produced by the system consists of a header, body (containing the information), and a footer. Whilst the body of the report is shaped by the parameters that are passed to it, the header and footer will remain constant and can be edited using any HTML editor.

Each report has an ID number assigned to it, as follows:

Using these ID numbers, you can customise the header and footer of any report, by amending the corresponding customheader_x.html and customfooter_x.html files (where x is the ID number of the report), located in \data folder of the main installation folder.

For example, if you want to add the company name to the heading of each telephone bill you produce, you need to locate the customheader_2.html within the \data folder.

The raw HTML for such a file may look something like the following:

This example uses server-side includes (SSIs), explained later in the Dynamic reports section.

The example code would produce an output similar to the following:

The system constructs the final report from three different HTML files - header, body and footer. Whilst it is not essential for some browsers, you should comply to the HTTP specifications and include the HTML page in a pair of HTML tags. As the final report needs to be rendered in one single file, the open HTML tag must be placed in the header and the closed HTML tag in the footer of the report.