Delimited format of reports

I am using Oracle Developer Suite 9i Reports for my report development. I am calling the reports through forms, i specify the 'delimted' format in the 'REPORT_DESFORMAT' property. The code looks something like:
repid := find_report_object('report6');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_EXECUTION_MODE,BATCH);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_COMM_MODE,SYNCHRONOUS);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_DESTYPE,CACHE);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_DESTYPE,FILE);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_DESFORMAT,'delimited');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_SERVER,'rep90');
Now, the report which comes out is not dependent on the report layout specified in the Reports in the form of the report fields width and the page width. Is this behaviour the right one for the 'delimted' format in the 'REPORT_DESFORMAT' property. Please help me in solving this doubt.

Hi,
Yes. This is the behaviour of delimited output functionality. Delimited output does not use the layout. It only displays the data.
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