Exporting Data From SimplyPats

You also have the option to save and export it in various other file formats detailed below.

SimplyPats Data Format (.pat)

This is the default format for saving your Test Data. Saving your files in this format will allow you to re-load the file back into SimplyPats at a later date.

Comma Separated Value CSV (.csv)

You can export your data as a .CSV file. Saving in this format will allow you to open the file in most Spread Sheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Access (.mdb)

You can export your data as a Microsoft Access .mdb file. Saving in this format will allow you to open the file in Microsoft Access. The File is Saved in Access 97 format. Should you have a later version of Office installed on your computer, the file will be readable but may prompt you to convert it to the Version of Microsoft Office you have installed.

Save Selected Records

If you select various tests on the Main Screen, you can Save just these selected tests to a new data file. This is useful if you download more than one site by mistake and wish to save each site out as a separate file. Use "Save Selected" from the "File" Menu

Exporting Your Data

From any of the Print preview screens you have the option to export the reports in the following formats

	Word - Microsoft Rich Text format (rtf)
	Excel - Microsoft Excel format (xls)
	Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
	Web Page Format (htm)
	Plain Text (txt)
	Tiff - Tagged Image File Format (tif)

You can export all the appliance test result reports, certificate etc as well as the invoice and lists of appliance abbreviations etc.

Drag And Drop To Other Programs

Dragging and Dropping appliance information from SimplyPats into other programs. This is something known as OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) and simply means that if more than one program is OLE enabled, you can drag and drop data from one program into another. In SimplyPats, if you select a range of tests you can drag those into an open Microsoft Word (tm) Document, Excel (tm) Spreadsheet or any other OLE enabled program.

Email Results

You can email the currently loaded data file (or selected tests from the current file) by selecting the "Tools Menu" and clicking on the "Email Data" (Quick Key Press CTRL + F4). This option only works if you are using Microsoft Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook as your default mail program.