>Is there a solution to Create an ASCII Transparent File?
>I tried to get the Printed Lines in an ASCII Text File with the report form .. to file xxx ascii. Or the general only Text printer Driver.
>
>The Problem I have is, that the Textboxes on the Report itself are interpreted in a false Size. So that a text wich was Printed like This:
>
>EDITBOX A--------E TEXT A--------T
>EDITBOX B--------E TEXT B--------T
>EDITBOX C--------E TEXT C--------T> | |
>This is a Text wich This is a Text formated
>is formated to 3 Lines to 3 Lines wich stands to the right
> of EDITBOX
>
>
>After Printing this to ASCII or the Generic Text only Printer it looks like this:
>
>EDITBOX A-----
>---E
>EDITBOX B-----
>---E TEXT B--------T
>EDITBOX C----- TEXT C--------T
>---E
>
>TEXT A--------T
>
>
>I couldnt find any solution for this strange behavior. The thing I know is that interpreting the lenght of the content in EDITBOX is false. Also the Positioning
>of TEXT standing next to the moreline EDITBOX is false.
>Has anybody a printer Driver wich creates exactly the same printout into an ASCII transparent file. With .or. without Format codes.
>I tried Postscript, but it doesnt give me the chance to select specific Areas
>From one Line in a Program.
Search MS KB for _ASCIIROW _ASCIICOLS problem. You can try to adjust those to achieve a good result. My personal experience with _ASCII clause of report was negative, so I had to create a program of producing text reports.
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