Microsoft KB Archive/141738

= FIX: The REPORT FORM TO ASCII command truncates data after the 11-inch mark of a page in Visual FoxPro 3.0 and Visual FoxPro 3.0b =

Article ID: 141738

Article Last Modified on 2/18/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q141738



SYMPTOMS
If you use the REPORT FORM TO FILE ASCII command when the report form's page layout is set to landscape and you're using legal size paper (8 1/2 x 14), data that lies outside the first 11 inches is truncated in the ASCII file. The REPORT FORM TO PRINT command prints correctly.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.



Steps to reproduce the problem
 Open Customer.dbf located in Vfp\Samples\Data. Create a new Report On the File menu, click Page Setup. In Page Setup, click Print Setup Set the Paper Size to Legal 8 1/2x14 inches and the Orientation to Landscape On the Report menu, click Quick Report, and then click OK</li> Save the Report as Test.</li> On the File menu, click Print Preview. You will see Data for all the fields that were in the Report Designer. Close the Print Preview and the Report Designer.</li>  In the Command window, type the following commands: _ASCIICOLS = 300 REPORT FORM Test TO FILE Test.txt ASCII Then open the Test.txt file in a text editor like the MS-DOS Text Editor. You will only see data up to the Country field. </li></ol>

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