Interactive Report Download - filenames always in lower case

I've written an interactive report in Apex v4.0.2 and have set the CSV download option to use a filename of "One_Two_Three" (note the capitalization).
However when the CSV file is generated, the filename is "one_two_three" - all in lower case. I've tried using substitution variables in the filename and this doesn't make any difference.
Is there a way to stop conversion to lowercase ? Is it possible to intercept or override something to allow even greater control the filename ?
thanks
Andy

Well, found some answers after some more trial and error.
1.) Country settings messed up my csv format. After changing the default column separator in the report attributes, things now look as expected.
2.) One can rather easily suppress the format signs by using the sql replace functionality, e.g.
SELECT REPLACE (my_column, CHR(10),' ') FROM my_table
And it is actually quite a difference if you use text area or rich text fields when it comes to the usage of the breaks.
Cheers,
Martin

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I am using apex 4.0.2.00.07 on IE8 with theme Traditional Blue. I have a problem with the inbuild download functionality of an interactive report. One field is of type varchar2 and I allow line breaks in the underlying edit screen.
I simply do not find a way to handle this formatting in the export to csv. The data is always completely shredded. An example:
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City"
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And if we are already at it: I have seen that some plugins for an export to excel exist. Would that recognise the formatted text and place it in one cell or would I face the same issue here, i.e. the field value being split over several cells?
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Martin

Well, found some answers after some more trial and error.
1.) Country settings messed up my csv format. After changing the default column separator in the report attributes, things now look as expected.
2.) One can rather easily suppress the format signs by using the sql replace functionality, e.g.
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I have interactive reports where the column link on a specific column has to be dynamic, that means, it cannot be hard coded in the column link attributes. The following is an example of one such report query:
case when d.object_type_description ='Business Service' then
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end linkChange the display type of LINK column to Hidden. In column link, enter #OBJECT_NAME# as Link Text. Select URL as Target. Enter #LINK# as URL value. In APEX 4.2, you can do this in easier way by defining HTML Column Expression.
Regards,
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Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 11:45 AM
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 11:46 AM
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 11:48 AM

Thanks.. Jari.. for the quick response.
I updated my SQL query with Chr(10) and added the code in Page HTML header.
Now the CSV & PDF output are fine..getting each individual value in seperate line (no BR tag)
BUT in the Interactive Report Output, I am now getting first 2 values in 1 line, then next value in next line, and so on..
IR Output
Employee
AAA BBB
CCCCCCC
DDDDDI have few more issues with CSV & PDF output
1. In PDF is there a way to increase the column width, as for some of the columns, the values are getting truncated.
2. For some of the columns in IR Report, I have user BR tag in Column Heading and this also come in CSV output (column heading with BR tag), is there a way to fix this. In PDF Column headings are fine (no BR tag)
and by the way..what exactly this does.
<style type="text/css">
.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA td{white-space:pre;word-wrap: break-word}
</style>Thanks,
Deepak
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 12:20 PM
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 12:21 PM

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Hi Tony,
Thanks for the reply . I have adjusted maximum row count to 100,000, even then I can download only 65535 .
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