WinXP:Ok .vs. Win2000:Error character mode report (6i)

Hello,
We have a character mode report designed and running in a Windows XP machine.
To make it work was necessary to create a custom PRT file that contains the condensed and non condensed printer codes used by the report.
After some tries it is running ok.
But it will be used in a Windows 2000 Server machine. After installing reports (6i) and patches we made a copy of the custom prt file file used in the XP installation and tested.
Unfortunately it doesn't work and the printed page is unformated. Due to the characters printed in non condensed mode, the line doesn't fit the paper width wrapping to the next line. It seems that the printer control characters doesn't work...
Trying to understand why, we used the "print to file" option in xp machine. The control characters are generated ok: "".
Doing the same thing when running in a Win2000 machine it generates strange control characters.
In addition, if we open the file generated by the Win2000 machine in the WinXP machine, all printer control characters seems to be ok.
Does anyone know why does it occur and/or how to fix that?
Thanks,
Vinicius Pacheco

This is a database forum. I suggest you try posting this question in one of the more relevant forums, such as Reports or Oracle Application Server - General.
Good luck, APC

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After some tries it is running ok.
But it will be used in a Windows 2000 Server machine. After installing reports and patches we made a copy of the custom prt file file used in the XP installation and tested.
Unfortunately it doesn't work and the printed page is totally misformated. It seems that the control characters doesn't work...
Trying to understand wy, we use the "print to file" option in xp machine. The control characters are generated ok: "".
Doing the same thing when running in a Win2000 machine it generates wrong control characters.
In addition, if we open the file generate by the Win2000 machine in the WinXP machine, the control characters seems to be ok.
Does anyone know why does it occur and/or how to fix that?
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OK people, the problem is solved!
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