Report6 & Patch3: RTF-Output TRUNCATED

Question

Hi,
I'm facing the following problem:
When generating a RTF-report, the rtf output is truncated
when viewed in MS Word97.
The readme.doc (included with the 'patch3' package)
references that kind of problem as follows:
Bugs fixed In REPORTS:
Ver 6_0_5_31_0:
Rptno Subject
927749 RTF OUTPUT TRUNCATES ABOUT 4.5 INCH IN WIDTH
but after installing patch3 (from ftp://oracle-
ftp.oracle.com/dev_tools/patchsets/dev2k/Win95NT/6.0/patch3)
the problem still exists.
A simple report output file looks like this
(the paperw and paperh attributes do not change when changing
the width and height attributes in the
Report Builder Layout Model):
--- rtf file ---
{\rtf\ansi
{\fonttbl{\f1 Courier New}}
{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;}
{\info {\creatim \yr1999 \mo\Sep \dy17 \hr14 \min11 \sec47}
{\author Oracle Reports} {\title r.RTF} }
\viewkind1
\paperw5954\paperh8416
{{\pard \phpg\pvpg\posx0\posy0\absw5000\absh-1\nowrap {This
file was created by Oracle Reports. Please view this document in
Page Layout mode.}\par}
{\pard \pvpg\phpg\posx287\posy1229\absw717 \absh-269 {\f1\fs20
\cf1 X}\par}
{\pard \pvpg\phpg\posx287\posy960\absw717 \absh-269 {\f1\fs20
\cf1 \b Dummy}\par}
--- rtf file ---
My configuration:
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WIN-NT4.0 (service pack3) (German)
Report Builder 6.0.5.31.0 (mixed German & English)
please help!
thank you
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Answer 1

Which of the three problems mentioned is the
bug? Or is it all of them?
#1 - Could you be more specific about the
margin problem? I haven't had any trouble;
but then I expect a slight (<1/8") variation.
#2 - I think this goes with #3. Since the
Oracle RTF is specifying exact locations of
each text box, modifying the page would mess
that up. But that's a guess. Hmm, I think
I'll try to figure out what in the file is
disabling page setup.
Note that MSWord doesn't like borders around
text boxes - if you save the Oracle RTF from
Word, it ~doubles the text fields but
~quintuples the graphics. For a large file,
eschew and beware graphics as much as you
can. (One of my reports was 78MB _before_
Word got to it, with graphics. With much
reduced graphics, "only" 19MB.)
PDF is all very well as long as you don't
need non-English characters. Our db is
Unicode, and we want to display Cyrillic.
I've managed to convince PDF to do that, but
it wasn't pretty. Oracle RTF doesn't do
Unicode correctly either, but we added a
post-processor to correct it. Voila,
Cyrillic and other non-Latin characters.
-- Allan Plumb