1099 Electronic Media file formatted incorrectly

Question

On Oracle 11i
Hi, not sure if I'm in the right forum, but when I am in the A/P module, I run the "1099 Electronic Media" report and then View Output, the file is saved as a text file.
When I open this file it is formatted incorrectly. The IRS requires one row per record, but the file has two records per row.
I'm hoping someone can assist me in correcting this issue?
Thanks for your reply.

Answer 1

In the definition of your concurrent request, there should be a style defined in the bottom right hand column in the output box. If you take that and go to (under system administrator resp) Install-->style-->query the user style using the above style. It should tell you the SRW driver. You can take that SRW driver go back to Install-->driver and query the SRW driver using the above driver. It should show the Init string at the bottom. If I remember correctly you should be able to see the SRW driver file under $FND_TOP/$APPLREP. If I am not wrong, if the init string does not have required format, then your concurrent requests output file will be formatted in a specific way before printing and thats how it will print.
You probably may need to look up the HP LaserJet 4250 dtn specs to see how you can modify the init string to put the output in the proper format that you need. Playing with the init string can sometimes be pretty frustrating until you hit the magic combination of squigly's that will give you your required output format.
Hope this helps and hopefully, some one else may have a better solution.
Cheers,
Chiru
Edited by: Megastar_Chiru on Dec 22, 2008 10:45 AM