>>
>>Craig -
>>
>>I was searching for similar information and found your reply. However, the person I spoke with at Crystal Reports was sort of nebulous in telling me whether or not my version (6.0) or in fact the current version (7.0) could print RTF text. I also found the following at the Seagatesoftware website in their knowledgebase:
>>
>>"A 'Text' field from MS SQL Server, that contains data in RTF (Rich Text Format), is reporting as a path or odd data instead of the true
>>database value.
>>For example,
>>Sample RTF text from the database is displaying on a report like this:
>>{\rtf1\ansi\deff0\deftab720{\fonnttbl
>>
>>
>>Solution
>>
>>Currently, Seagate Crystal Reports does not support recognition of RTF
>>type database fields in ANY database type. We have sent in enhancement
>>requests on this issue before, and the developers are aware that this
>>would be a great feature, but it would be a huge undertaking from a
>>programming perspective. "
>>
>>What do you make of this, or is this another issue?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Sylvia
>
>CR does not print existing RTF files. It can save a report to RTF. You'll need something like Word or WordImperfect or even WordPad to print.

Craig -

Here is what I was actually hoping to do (starting my story at the beginning): I would like to let a user create a letter(s) in Word Perfect (what we use here), then save these files in RTF format. I created a test form incorporating a Rich Text Control so I could see it, then store it in a memo field. This worked fine to this point. Then I wanted to use the memo field (which by this time incorporated all the RTF codes from the original file), and some standard name, address stuff from other tables to create a form letter. I did this using the native VFP report writer and of course everything that was in the memo field printed out as is instead of what I wanted. That's where I found your message and was hoping CR 6 could solve my problem, i.e. will print out the contents of the memo field in an RTF fashion, instead of verbatim.

I hope this is a better explanation.

Sylvia