2.7.4 Converting a Visual Report to a Text Report

You can convert a visual reportfile to a text reportfile that you can edit with a text editor or word-processor. Do this with toolkit as follows:

Start toolkit on your database:

c:\> toolkit dbname

Select 3 - Report Generator Menu from the Toolkit Development Menu.

Select M2 - Convert Visual Report To Text from the Report Generator Menu.

Enter the logical name of the visual report in the Visual Report To Convert field.

Enter the logical name of the text report to be created in the Report Name To Create field.

Press STORE <F5> to convert the visual report to a text report or CANCEL <F1>-X to leave the report unchanged.

You can convert a visual report to a text report with the following command:

c:\> rptcopy -vc visualreport textreport

Visualreport is the logical name of the original visual report; textreport is the logical name of the new text report.