Re: ACE report problem

Tony - Development (tonydev@cmhcsys.com) wrote: : I'm using the ACE report generator to create a fixed-format file. : I used the 'Generate' option then added an output setion to create the file. : The first table I did this on worked just fine, I got a nice, flat, : fixed-length file (it did have headers at the top of each page but that's fine). : Then on the next table I got a different type of output. The records, 'rows' : are in columns with the column name on the left and the data on the right. : : Name Tony Barnecut : Job None : . . : . . : . . : Does anyone know why the files didn't come out the same way? : The code for the reports is identical except for the table names and : column names. Uh, and the width of the fields oand/or the number of fields, right? : I would appreciate any help you coould give me. I really don't want to : have to just get a dump of the table and convert a delimited fiel to : a fixed-format one. Read the manual, the part about on every row and the part about the print statement: hint: instead of format every row end try: format on every row print field1, " ", field2, " ", field 3, " " end : Thanks, : Tony : tony@cmhcsys.com -- gburnore@garys.arasmith.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Gary L. Burnore | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Director, Programming & Development | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Myers Information Systems, Inc. | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 ''' 6 9 0 6 9 ''' | Official Proof of Purchase ==========================================================================