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Saving data in an external file
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Saving data in an external file
While previewing, you can save the data retrieved in an external file. Note that
the data and headers (if specified) are saved. Information in the footer or
summary bands is not saved unless you are saving as PDF or as a PSR file.
❖ To save the data in a DataWindow object in an external file:
1 Select File>Save Rows As from the menu bar.
The Save As dialog box displays.
2 Choose a format for the file from the Save As Type drop-down list.
If you want the column headers saved in the file, select a file format that
includes headers (such as Excel With Headers). When you select a with
headers format, the names of the database columns (not the column labels)
are also saved in the file.
When you choose a format, DataWindow Designer supplies the
appropriate file extension.
3 For TEXT, CSV, SQL, HTML, and DIF formats, select an encoding for the
file.
You can select ANSI/DBCS, Unicode LE (Little-Endian), Unicode BE
(Big-Endian), or UTF8.
4 Name the file and click Save.
DataWindow Designer saves all displayed rows in the file; all columns in
the displayed rows are saved. Filtered rows are not saved.
The rest of this section provides more information about saving data in PDF,
HTML, and Powersoft Report (PSR) formats.
For more information about saving data as XML, see Chapter 14, “Exporting
and Importing XML Data.”
Saving the data as PDF
When you save a report in Portable Document Format (PDF), the data is
printed to a PostScript file and automatically distilled to PDF using GNU
Ghostscript. You can save all types of reports to PDF except OLE and RichText
reports.