Saving a report to a file

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I'm attempting to save a report to a .LIS file (text-only), and the lines are being truncated to 80 characters, when I need them to expand to 132 characters. I'm calling the report from a form and sending it these parameters:<br>
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ADD_PARAMETER(pl,'DESFORMAT',TEXT_PARAMETER,'WIDE180');<br>
ADD_PARAMETER(pl,'ORIENTATION',TEXT_PARAMETER,'LANDSCAPE');<br>
ADD_PARAMETER(pl,'DESTYPE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'FILE');<br>
ADD_PARAMETER(pl,'PARAMFORM',TEXT_PARAMETER,'YES');<br>
ADD_PARAMETER(pl,'MODE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'CHARACTER');<br>
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I'm also sending the report to the screen and the printer, and both of those functions work. Some of the things I've tried are:<br>
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* Setting the DESFORMAT sys param to 'wide' and 'wide55' (just to see if it truncates it more).<br>
* Openning the .LIS file in WordPad instead of Notepad.<br>
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If anyone could help me w/ this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[stoleru]

Did you try to check the &quot;word wrapping&quot; options? I know it sounds like a silly question. <p>Eduard Stoleru<br><a href=mailto:aeg@ziua.ro>aeg@ziua.ro</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi.. <br>I also faced a similar problem.<br>Could you search for the file <b>dflt.prt </b>(c:\ drive) <br>This file has some printer settings. <br>Change the printer settings in the file. <br>You wouldnt want to modify the default values, so make a copy of this file (<font color=red>eg. file.prt</font>)in the same dir and change the values there. <br>In report builder, go to <b>SYSTEM PARAMETERS -&gt; DESFORMAT.</b> <br>In the property value for this.. set the <b><i>'initial value'</i></b> as the file you modified. (eg.<font color=red>file </font>).<br>Hope this helps. <br>Let us know if you are successful.<br>cheers<br>jk

 

[Guest_imported]

I was looking for the solution of the same problem, and here it is!
It was very helpful,
thanks
Maryla