In Ask-Reuben 62 I had an article on the various ways to create Excel spreadsheets. I only had a few paragraphs on using Genero Report Writer to create Excel spreadsheets, the main focus being to use Apache POI libraries as this gives you the most control.
However we still get a number of support requests that involve developers attempting to use Genero Report Writer to create Excel spreadsheets, so in this article and the next I will give two techniques on how to quickly create Excel spreadsheets using Genero Report Writer.
This first technique does not involve a .4rp file. The columns are determined by the output of the 4gl REPORT block but ignoring the X and Y position detail.
Read more at
https://4js.com/ask-reuben/ig-172/