Set export format

Command group	Flag affected	Reversible	Execute on client	Platform(s)
Report parameters	NO	NO	NO	All

Syntax

Export Formats

Description

This command specifies the export format to be used with the current report. The Set export format command lets you to override the parameters stored in the report class. You should use it after selecting a report class.

If you leave the name empty, the report is printed without an export format. An error occurs if the name is not a valid export format name. The name specified for the command can contain square bracket notation.

Translation

Export format names are not tokenized and therefore are not understood by foreign language versions of Omnis. To avoid this portability problem, you can always build a list of export formats and use the list to select a format (see the second Example below).

Example

# Ouput report rMyReport to a comma delemited file

Send to file
Set report name
 
rMyReport

Set print or export file name
 
[
con
(
sys
(115),
'output.txt'
)]

Set export format
 
Delimited (commas)

Print report
 

Close print or export file
 
# Set the export format to the second in the list iExportFormatList

Set current list
 
iExportFormatList

Do
 
iExportFormatList
.
$define
(
iExportFormat
)

Build export format list
 
Do
 
iExportFormatList
.
$line.$assign
(2)
 
## Delimited (tabs)

Do
 
iExportFormatList
.
$loadcols
()

Set export format
 
[
iExportFormat
]