[b]Generating text file[/b]

Hi,
I have a report that contains several pl-sql-functions and several queries.
This is a report that have a certain number of spaces etc (ie a lot of long strings), and shall be used to read into an external database.
I want to generate the report to an txt-file, and want it to look exactly like the pdf-file. The pdf-file shows the spaces correct, and i just want to save the result in textfile format (ie save as *.txt).
When i try to generate to file, and choose Text, the output shows a lot of printer setup stuff.
Does anyone have a clue?
Thanks!
Regards,
Merethe

Hi Senthil!
Thanks a lot for your answer!!
I'm using Report Builder 9.0.2.0.3.
Imagine the report layout is like this:
<Header>
<Header1>
<Header2>
<Query>
<Header3>
<Header4>
<Pl/sql funskjon>
etc..
All these are long textstrings, consisting lots of space, returns etc. This due to the specification of the report.
This file shall be used to send to an public department on a very stright format.
This means that I can't delimit the report on an general basic.
First I thought that I could use delimited, with return. This works ok until I have a query that returns more than one row. Then the "layout" in the txt-file look like this:
<Header>
<Header1>
<Header2>
<Query>
<Header3>
<Header4>
<Pl/sql funskjon>
<Header>
<Header1>
<Header2>
<Query>
<Header3>
<Header4>
<Pl/sql funskjon>
Reports then generates every <xx> * number of rows in the query. If I could manage to overrule this, then I think I can make it work.
Got any clue of this?
Again, thanks a lot!
Regards,
Merethe

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