>>>>What would be the best way to send reports as mail attachments?
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>>>I've doine this by either creating pure ASCII output, or using Word or Excel automation to create word documents or spreadsheets, and then use Outlook to create a message and attach the needed files.
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>>>>Is it possible to generate rich text document from reports?
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>>>>Thanks
>>>>Eric.
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>>I would say the easiest is to use PDF.
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>Once bought, can PDF be freely distributed with an app?

The reader is free. With Acrobat the full product, each site that uses it to create reports must have a license.