You should change _ASCIIROWS and _ASCIICOLS system variables, though it would not guarantee a good result. Check MS Kb article about it...
>Hi all,
>
>I need some help on the command below :
>
> REPORT FORM xyz TO FILE abc ASCII
>
>I find the output is tricky to control and it's not what it was designed in the report designer. Any gotcha? See below for example (Take note of the extra blank line after few row(s)) :
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>Due for Confimation on 20/09/2002 (52 records)
>
> Employee# Name Due Date
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0014 DUNHILL TAN 22/12/1996
>
> 0015 MALBORO SOO HARK YEE 12/03/1997
> 0016 CINDY CRAWFORD 09/04/1997
> 0023 ROY THUNDER 01/01/1980
> 0024 LEE SEONG SENG 01/01/1998
>
> 0026 MARIYAM 01/01/1998
> 0027 LAM CHU LENG @ LAM CHU KUAN 01/01/1997
> 0029 LEE YUET NGOR @ LEE YAI HING 01/01/1997
> 0030 CHAN HOY SIN 01/06/1999
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