Thanks Razzak I'll take a look at it David
David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:18 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Printing Report to Text File > > At 09:40 AM 9/10/2004 -0400, David Blocker wrote: > > >I have tried the OPTION TXT in the Print command > >and also the ETXT option. TXT truncates, ETXT > >gives me an empty file. > > > David, > > Here's the tip of the day for you! > > 01. When you print the report as TXT or ETXT, as a > plain TEXT file, you need to keep in mind the > fonts, etc. > > 02. To print that same report as TEXT file: > > . Open the ContactsByCustomer in Report Designer > . Increase the width of ContPhone (DB Label) > . Save the Report > > 03. At the R> Prompt: > > PRINT ContactsbyCustomer OPTION TXT + > |FILENAME JUNK.TXT + > |OPEN ON + > |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG OFF > > What do you see? > > Do you see the phone number truncated any more? > > 04. FYI, when printing any report on Screen, Printer or > even PDF, all fonts are preserved and are displayed > accordingly. > > When printing the exact same report as TEXT, you as > a developer/user need to adjust the width, etc. > accordingly. > > In reference to printing the same report as ETXT, you > need to use Report Designer|File|Print To Text File Setup... > option. In this case, you need to select File Type, Bands, > and the available controls (DB Label, Variable Label, etc.) > to print as TEXT data. > > For your learning purposes, I have put together an updated > ContactsByCustomer report at: > > http://www.razzak.com/SampleApplications/ContactsByCustomer.zip > > Here's how to use this: > > 01. Simply unzip the file > 02. CONNECT ConComp > 03. At the R> prompt: > INPUT ContactsByCustomer.RPT > 04. At the R> prompt: > PRINT ContactsbyCustomer OPTION TXT + > |FILENAME JUNK.TXT + > |OPEN ON + > |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG OFF > > Hope that helps you understand! > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > >
