>>Hi:
>>I need to print reports TO FILE ASCII with rows up to 55. In VFP help, it suggested to send a report TO FILE ASCII specifying the _asciirows=55. It happens that the command is not recognized. The following is the syntax I am using:
>>
>>REPO FORM [filename] WHILE x=y TO FILE ASCII [filename]
>>_ASCIIROWS=55 NOCONS
>>
>>Is there any solution you could share with me.
>>Thanks in advance!
>>Nancy Zamora
>
>nancy,
>you set asciirows & columns before the report form command
>i think they're system variables.
>
>
>_ASCIIROWS = 55
>REPORT FORM [filename] WHLE x=y TO FILE ASCII [filename] NOCONSOLE
>
>i don't know about you or anyone else here but i've had a horrible time getting the
>report form to ascii file to look like it should. the lables and columns overlap and it
>looks horrible.
>if anyone has any ideas on how to make the output file look a little more organized, let me know.
>
>thanks,
>gray

you mean besides having two copies -- one using courier (or other fixed-length fonts) and one using something that looks good when printed...