Report written to a file.

Hi:
I am temporarily working for a company that is still using forms 4.5 and report 2.5 for its GUI interfaces. I was wondering if it is possible to use run_product to run a reports that creates a file in a format like pdf(Acrobat) or rtf (Rich Text Format) or doc (Word) or html. The reason I ask that is because I know this is possible with later versions of the software, like Reports 3.0 or 6i, but it does not seems to be present in 2.5. I know that you can create a report to a file in 2.5 but the format seems Oracle proprietary. I would like to learn if it is or it is not possible to generate the file to a format that I can use to send the file as an attachment. Thank you in advance for your help.
Thomas

Hi Frank:
I get the following error when I try it:
REP-0826: Invalid printer driver 'pdf' specified by parameter DESFORMAT.
End report PO_PRINT [Thu Oct 23 16:56:28 2003].
Now I found the following in reports help:
"In bit-mapped environments, specifies the printer driver to be used when DESTYPE is File. In character-mode environments, specifies the characteristics of the printer named in DESNAME."
Does it mean I am running in character mode. I checked my report properties and can't tell if I am in character or bitmapped mode. Any ideas.
Thanks a lot.
Thomas

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Hey, try this:
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http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/index.html

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