Operation Manual

Printing, Exporting, and Viewing Reports
Distributing reports
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Text (TXT)
Text format is a record-based format. Its output is plain text; therefore
formatting is not retained. However, this format can preserve some of your
report's layout. Text format assumes that a font of a constant dimension is
used throughout the export. The Characters Per Inch (CPI) option specifies
the number of characters that can be fit in a linear inch of horizontal space,
and thus determines the dimension of the font.
This format also provides an option for pagination. If you select this option, a
page break is inserted in the output after every specified number of lines. Page
breaks in this format may not correspond to the pagination of your report.
XML
XML is used primarily for data exchange. It is record-based format that uses
the Crystal XML Schema. The XML Expert in Crystal Reports can be used to
customize the XML output.
Destination
The destination determines the export location of your report. Crystal Report
enables you to choose one of six destinations. They include:
• Application
• Disk file
• Exchange Folder
• Lotus Domino
• Lotus Domino Mail
• MAPI
Exporting to an application
If you export to an application, the program exports the report to a temporary
file in the specified format and then opens the file in the appropriate application.
Note:
• When exporting to an application, the output opens with the program that
is associated with its file extension as specified on the File Types tab of
your operating system’s Folder Options.
• When exporting in ODBC format, Application and Disk file are the same.
• You will need to specify a file path if you are exporting in HTML format.
• The file name of the report and the file name of the temporary file cannot
be the same.