What exactly is bitmapped report and character mode report/

hi
please differentiate between bit mapped and character mode reports
advantages and disadvantages?
when to use what?
thanks in advance

A character mode report is a ascii-report without colors, drawings, bit-mapped patterns, italic text and so on. Have a look at chapter 5.3.1 here: http://download-uk.oracle.com/otn_hosted_doc/forms/forms/A73073_01.pdf

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