A template is a preformatted document that a eSuite applet can load at run time. A template typically provides an end user with a quick and easy way of entering data in a form.
For example, you might create a three-day Expense Report template using the eSuite Spreadsheet, labeling rows 2 - 4 "Travel," "Hotel," "Meals," and labeling columns B - E "Day1," "Day2," "Day3," and "Total." You might then embed an @SUM function in cells E2, E3, and E4 to calculate the total expenses when the user enters them.
The current eSuite release allows you to create spreadsheet and word processor templates and make them available to end users. You do this as follows:
You then need to specify the directory where you have installed the eSuite Webpack files in the Java CLASSPATH environment variable. For example, if you have installed the Webpack files to C:\Program Files\Webpack, then you need to add the directory C:\Program Files\Webpack to the CLASSPATH.
If you are running Windows NT, set the CLASSPATH variable by choosing Settings - Control Panel - System - Environment variables and entering CLASSPATH = C:\Program Files\Webpack in the Control Panel System applet.
If you are running Windows 95, you can set the CLASSPATH environment variable in either of two ways: Run REGEDIT.EXE and modify the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Java VM to C:\Program Files\Webpack. Alternatively, you can edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include the statement SET CLASSPATH=C:\Program Files\Webpack.