When web reports returns no output

What happens when a web reports generates no output?
I have the case where the browser downloads a text file which has my reports server name.
(e.g. repserverxx.txt)
Please advise.

Since no one has responded and I've found a solution myself I shall post my findings:
If I set the DESTYPE to CACHE and the DESFORMAT to DELIMITED, the resulting data is displayed in the browser which can then be saved away to the local machine using FILE/SAVE from the menu bar. This is the best I can come up with. The users get what they want , it just means they can't run the report directly to a file from the parameter form, they have to preview the output then save.

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You would need to Use Cell Binding and Trigger concept to accomplish this.
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Open you LiveOffice.
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