Re: Oracle Report 3.0 Character Mode Printing

I have found it quite tricky getting the grid to work well for character mode. After much experimentation, I now work with the following parameters:

Use Size 10 Courier New font. This gives you 12 characters per inch horizontally.
Figure 6 lines per inch vertically.

Set report properties as follows:

    Width:                                        8.5 (portrait)    11
(landscape)
    Height:                                       11 (portrait)    8.5

    Design in Character Units: Yes

    Report Width:                            102 (portrait)    132
(landscape)
    Report Height:                            66 (portrait)        51

With a Layout editor open, select Format / Layout Options / Rulers. Make the following ruler settings:

    Units:                                            Character Cells
    Horizontal Size:                            6
    Vertical Size:                               12.0031
    Grid Spacing:                                1
    Number of Snap Points:               1

Set the DESFORMAT system parameter to the name of an appropriate printer control file that will be found in your ora \ REPORT30 \ PRINTERS folder.

If doing landscape, set the ORIENTATION system parameter to LANDSCAPE.

If anyone else out there has any suggestions, I am also very interested in hearing.
-- Shawn

sokol_at_opsb.ru wrote:

> Hello guru.
>
> How I can print in character mode from Oracle Reports 3.0 and
> how I can print to standard *.TXT (ASCII) file
>
> Thanks.
>
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Received on Wed Nov 11 1998 - 18:44:57 CET