KB11015: Broken links for report images appear when created from an HTML document object in MicroStrategy Desktop 9.4.1 and 10.x

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Users notice that HTML files contain broken links to Strategy report images. These images are created from an HTML Document object in Strategy Desktop 9.4.1 and 10.x. The following example uses the Strategy Tutorial project to illustrate this issue:

• Create a simple report:
  

• Create an HTML Document and insert report R1 into the document. Select "NoLink.xsl."
• Go to File Menu > Save Layout File As and create an arbitrary HTML file.

When the HTML file is generated, the link to the report is lost and the HTML file displays a broken link:

 
A code snippet in the HTML source shows that the location of the image file is undefined:

<IMG alt=R1 src="file:\\\$MSTRAppPath$\images\grid.bmp" xsl="\NoLink.xsl" eid="1">

• Execute the HTML Document object in 3-tier, as shown below:
  

• Go to File Menu > Save HTML As and create a new HTML file. Note that this menu command is different. When editing the HTML Document before running it, the File menu has an option to save the layout file. After executing the HTML Document viewing its results, the File menu command is "Save HTML As."

The resulting HTML file now includes all of the data from the HTML Document.