VISTA Plus for MPE User's Guide

Chapter 3
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Downloading Text Files
Text file downloads place the report into an ASCII text file. Most PC applications can load a text
file, but you may have to reformat the report with tools provided by the PC application.
1. From the VISTA Functions menu, select Download Report and press Enter or F6, Select.
The following screen is displayed:
2. In the PC Filename field, specify the fully-qualified PC file name to which you want the
current report downloaded. For example: C:\___\___\name.ext.
3. Use the First Heading and Last Heading options to place report heading lines in the first page
of the PC file. You do not need to specify a From Page and a To Page. This eliminates the
need to delete headings from subsequent pages in your downloaded file.
4. Press F6, Execute Download, to initiate the download.
Note. Reports downloaded to an existing PC file will overwrite the file.