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I have developed a custom report which outputs an excel file on the user desktop who executes that report.Now i need to create an additional (second) excel file with almost the same data as the first file.
Im using the FM GUI_DOWNLOAD to create the file.i need have the 2nd file as txt file(seperated by space/tab delimited) and also i want the fields to have fixed length.For this format of the file,what parameters do I need to pass to the FM ?
BR,
SRM Tech.

Thanks for the prompt reply.
Also in the sel screen,Im entering the path where the o/p file needs to be downloadede.g. C:/Output_folder/Output.xls...Now if I need a text file,do I need to give the fielname as C:/Output_folder/Output.txt.?

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