>>>Hi everybody,
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>>>I suspect, that this problem doesn't have a solution, but just to be sure. Somebody needs to output 2² in Report to FILE ASCII. Is it possible?
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>>This worked for me "2" + CHR(178)
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>Did you try REPORT FORM test to file test ASCII. It shows I instead.

Yes. It showed 2² on my system (WinXP Pro)