Thanks Razzak, but I was trying the ETXT option (not TXT) example from the CONCOMP sample database. I could not get the example from your "From the Edge" document to work.
Regards, Stephen Markson ForenSys The Forensic Systems Group www.ForenSys.ca 416 512 6950 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A. Razzak > Memon > Sent: June 15, 2005 11:00 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Text Dump Issues > > > At 07:34 PM 6/15/2005, Stephen Markson wrote: > > >Further investigation reveals that you want the ETXT option > >(report emulation). However, I can't get it to work. I tried > >Razzak's FTE example (see "Printing Report as Text File" at > >http://www.razzak.com/fte) and I get a zero byte file. > > > Stephen, > > I bet you are not using the latest pre-release Update 81. > > http://www.rbase.com/rbg7updates > > Using the latest pre-release update 81, if a user attempts to > PRINT the report as Text File (OPTION TXT) without first having > defined the Text File Setup in Report Designer, the program will > return an -ERROR- message and not just write a zero length file. > > Report Designer | File | Print to Text File Setup ... > > Syntax: > PRINT reportname OPTION TXT|FILENAME filename.txt|OPEN ON > > Example: > > CONNECT ConComp > > PRINT ColumnarReport OPTION TXT|FILENAME ColumnarReport.TXT|OPEN ON > > The same enhancement applies when printing the report as Text File > using the Print to a File option from the Database Explorer. > > Database Explorer | Reports | Run Report | Print Target .. File > | Type .. Text File > > Enjoy and make sure to have fun! > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak.
