FIX: Report Form to ASCII Truncates Data After Page 11" Mark

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0 and 3.0b

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.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Open Customer.dbf located in Vfp\Samples\Data.

2. Create a new Report

3. On the File menu, click Page Setup.

4. In Page Setup, click Print Setup

5. Set the Paper Size to Legal 8 1/2x14 inches and the Orientation to Landscape

6. On the Report menu, click Quick Report, and then click OK

7. Save the Report as Test.

8. 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.

9. 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.