>Hi,
>
>I've printed reports to text files for archival purposes in the past and for the life of me can't figure out why this isn't working:
>
>*****
>
>* tried this first - didn't work
>
>report form rec_summary to file ;
> "Balance:"+ DTOC(date())+".txt" ASCII
>
>*****
>*/////////////////////////////////////////
>*****
>
>* tried this next- didn't work
>
>local lddate, lcfilename
>
>select rsSystem
>lddate = rsSystem.proc_date
>
>lcfilename = 'Balance:'+ DTOC(lddate)+'.txt'
>
>report form rec_summary.frx to file (lcfilename) ASCII
>
>*****
>*/////////////////////////////////////////
>*****
>
>* tried this last - it worked!!
>
>report form rec_summary.frx to file test.txt ASCII
>
>*****
>
>The first two attempts did not create the text report file - nor did they throw me an error. The last attempt did work. Any idea why either of the first two didn't work?

If you really want to have the date as the file name, use DTOS(DateVar) (yyyymmdd) for that part of the name. This will also give you the added benefit that a sorted directory will show you the files in the proper order.