Re: Reports 2.5 - ASCII output-Help

In article <4tr8gj$c6d_at_lace.colorado.edu> farnham_at_spot.Colorado.EDU (Jenny Farnham) writes:
>
>I'll set the scene..... I am developing a simple report
>in Reports 2.5 on a Unix workstation.
>I have set everything I know so that this report will come
>out CHARACTER-mode, 132 x 66, landscape. I've set the fonts
>,size, etc just like the Oracle books have told me.... if
>it was in the bood regarding developing/running character mode
>reports I have read it/done it!
>
>Problem: When I run the report to screen - it looks great,
>and it actually is in ascii format (no fancy stuff)... However,
>when I go to run it to a FILE..... it seems to be only coming
>out in 80 character mode. I "vi"d the file and made it so the
>carriage returns would show up. The carriage returns show up at 80!
>I have even chosen the ascii driver from the "Choose Printer"
>choice.
>
>WHY - after all I have done.... does it only save it in 80 character
>mode? I'm going nuts. I hate this product to begin with but am
>forced to use it.
>
>Jennifer Farnham
>Access Graphics
>Boulder, Colorado
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>Jennifer Farnham
>email: farnham_at_spot.colorado.edu or
>HomePage: http://spot.Colorado.EDU/~farnham/Home.html

  I have 2 suggestions I don't know if you've tried:

1. pass the following runtime parameter on the command line when you run the report: pagesize = ?? x ?? (in addition to destype = file and desname = filename).
2. set the orientation system parameter to landscape, in the object navigator system parameters under Data Model.

  If neither of these was the problem, and you evatually solve it, I'd   be interested to know what it was, since I currently do reports 2.5   (on windows 3.1 though).

  By the way, I don't use 132x66 for landscape as the book says. For   courier new 8 pt. I use something like 158x49 (I don't have the exact   number now) but is what an 8.5"x11" paper will fit of this font type in   this orientation. I use different numbers for different pt. sizes in   the same manner.

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