ASAP 2.8 Client Manual
Using ASAP
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Browse Window Pull-Down Menus
Edit Menu Items
Save Data 
and Save 
Data As
Select Save Data or Save Data As to save all of the grid data or list view for 
the current window to a disk file in a comma-separated-values (CSV) file 
format. 
Once the file is saved, the contents of the file are displayed in a text viewer 
such as Note Pad. 
If you want to remove the comma delimiters, select Search… Replace… 
enter comma, and click Replace. All CSV delimiters will be removed. CSV 
format is suitable for analysis with Microsoft Excel. The Save HTML menu 
item can also be used with Excel.
Save HTML 
and Save 
HTML As
Select Save HTML or Save HTML As to save all of the grid or list view data 
for the current window to a disk file in HTML file format. 
Once the file is saved, the contents of the file are displayed in your Internet 
browser. To copy plain text HTML to the clipboard, select Edit... Copy HTML.
To e-mail saved HTML using your browser, select Send … Page by e-mail.
Print Prints the Browse window.
Exit Leaves the current Browse window. If the current Browse window is the last 
one, a dialog box asks whether you want to shut down ASAP. To shut down 
ASAP, click OK. To continue using ASAP and leave the view unchanged, 
click Cancel.
Menu Items Description
Copy Copies selected grid rows, columns, or cells to the clipboard. Copy delimits 
data columns with commas. You can then paste clipboard information into a 
text window.
From the File menu, select Save Data to save all of the information in the 
grid to a disk file.
Copy HTML Select Copy to copy selected grid rows, columns, or cells to the clipboard in 
HTML text format. Copy HTML delimits data with color-coded state 
information. Data is also formatted in HTML table format. Clipboard 
information can then be pasted into a window. This function deliberately does 
not declare the text as HTML. See Save HTML and Save HTML As... for 
WYSIWYG treatment of HTML.
Select Save Data from the File menu to save all of the information in the grid 
to a disk file and display it in an internet browser. (You can have ASAP data 
automatically update web pages. For more information, see Notify control 
panel File property.
Copy 
Special
Copies data from selected grid rows, columns, or cells to the clipboard. Copy 
Special delimits data columns with tab characters.
You can paste Copy Special clipboard information into a Microsoft Excel 
spreadsheet.
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