URGENT: How to print the report to a file

Hi
Environment Windows NT/2000 Forms 2.5
I want to print the output of a particular report to a file.
When I direct the output to the printer and click on 'print to file' option, it prints to a file but the file is not in a recognizable format.
I want the report to be opened in excel because it is a tabular report with no graphics.
How to achieve that. I'm absolutely new to Reports.
Regards
Naveen

Hi ,
Its quite obvious that you are new to the report, what you are trying to do NOW is that you are trying to output a GUI report to a file , which you cannot , for that what you have to do is change the report layout to characther mode (of course you will not be able to get some gui features, ) but if your intention is to get a output to file , then this is the only way, plus you have to realign your report once you change the format to characther mode
regards
rajesh
Hi
Environment Windows NT/2000 Forms 2.5
I want to print the output of a particular report to a file.
When I direct the output to the printer and click on 'print to file' option, it prints to a file but the file is not in a recognizable format.
I want the report to be opened in excel because it is a tabular report with no graphics.
How to achieve that. I'm absolutely new to Reports.
Regards
Naveen

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