>>>>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...
>
>it's been a while since i've played with it, but i believe it was doing it with fixed length fonts as well.
>i'll check it out.

I tried TO FILE ASCII with a landscape report. No matter what _asciicols setting I used, it truncated a few characters at the right edge. What a mess.