Thanks Jim
I will check it out.
Not being able to figure this out bugs me.
marc
>I know this sounds a bit basic, but I had a report that has worked fine
>for a good while in Win6.1a, 6.5, and 6.5++, but when I went to 6.5++
>the report acted as if it no idea what the LINE setting was anymore. I
>recreated the report and it worked fine. This of course did not satisfy
>me so I kept digging, and believe it or not I found that there was a
>.#DATE variable defined in the PH section but was set to the DETAIL
>section, and this seemed to make the few records and 2 line RF section
>that was at the end of the report disappear. After I changed the
>section, the second page appeared with the correct PH, detail records,
>and the RF... All is fine in wonderland again.
>
>Jim Limburg
>
>P.S. For those who just might have wondered, I cannot get email to the
>list from my work site any longer. This one is coming from the house.
>Our (*$%(*$ ISP says they can't figure out why. They installed some
>homegrown filter/spam software and it has locked me out of sending to or
>responding to the sonetmail server from our account at work. I might get
>time later this week to check into and HTML based webmail to get/reply
>and send messages from. I have been setting up one our subsidiary
>companies with a new network, wiring, hardware and all and things have
>been real busy.
>
>Jim Limburg
>
>
>marc wrote:
>
> > Thanks Razzak
> >
> > I knew I would lose the Windows fonts and
> > characteristics. I was thinking that there could
> > be a hidden character that was doing a "form
> > feed" when printing to the file.
> >
> > I will try the generic printer, I just would like
> > to be able to figure out why this happens in
> > 6.5++.
> >
> > thanks again
> > marc
> >
> > >Printing ANY windows report to a file using the Windows
> > >version of R:BASE will lose all its characteristics,
> > >including fonts, etc.
> > >
> > >If you still want your report output to a TEXT file, then:
> > >
> > >01. Define a "Generic / Text Only" printer using Windows
> > > Add Printer(s) option.
> > >
> > >02. Change font settings for ALL report objects to Arial,
> > > Regular, 8.
> > >
> > >03. Make sure that Auto Expand option is checked for that
> > > particular NOTE field object.
> > >
> > >04. Use the (CVAL('WindowsPrinter')) command the get the
> > > Windows Default Printer
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > SET VAR vWindowsPrinter = (CVAL('WindowsPrinter'))
> > >
> > >05. At any given time, use (CVAL('CurrentPrinter')) to
> > > verify current printer settings for R:BASE session.
> > >
> > >06. Use the PRNSETUP 'PrinterName' command to change the
> > > R:BASE Session Printer to 'Generic / Text Only' and
> > > use that as R:BASE Session Default Printer.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > PRNSETUP 'Generic / Text Only'
> > >
> > >07. Send output to a file and PRINT the report accordingly.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > OUTP TextFile.TXT
> > > PRINT ReportName WHERE ...
> > > OUTP SCREEN
> > >
> > >08. Switch R:BASE session printer back to windows default
> > > printer
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > PRNSETUP .vWindowsPrinter
> > >
> > >09. Use LAUNCH command to view the TEXT file
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > LAUNCH TextFile.TXT
> > >
> > >Enjoy and make sure to have fun!
> > >
> > >Very Best Regards,
> > >
> > >Razzak.
> > >
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