Any good way to beat the 255 limit ?
The output is going to an ascii file.
I would like to see the output as one record in one row.
I am hoping some kind of delimiter might help if the layout spilled to line 2.
Baan 4 custom report.
Thanks.

Instead of sending data to a report, write it directly to a file using the seq.* functions.

Thanks .it works.
Got to figure out thepath for the file so written as default looks like it writes on to a path on the server on unix.

Indeed, the default seq.* functions write on the server. If you want to write on the client (PC) use the following functions:
seq.*.local (http://www.baanboard.com/programmers_manual_baanerp_help_functions_client_file_access_synopsis)

Regards,
Jaap Zwaan

I am getting the unresolved reference to seq.open.local.

I have checked path syntax and all the options.

Is there a possibility that these are not available on our system
we are on 4c4.

Thank you

Refer to - seq.open.local() (http://www.baanboard.com/programmers_manual_baanerp_help_functions_client_file_access_seq_open_local)

Context - ttdllbw library function.

you have to use this statement in your program script -

#pragma used dll ottdllbw

or add the tools library ttdllbw in the libraries by the program script.

Thanks.
I included and the script compiled allright.
However, when I run the session, I get a bunch of messages
saying object 0 in process 16 not found.

How did you write the data to the file? If you look at the bottom of the description for the seq.open.local() (http://www.baanboard.com/programmers_manual_baanerp_help_functions_client_file_access_seq_open_local) function, it says that you cannot use the seq.*() functions with seq.*.local() functions. So, perhaps you need to use seq.write.local(). Just a guess -- I don't know if this would cause your problem.

I had noted it and all I have is seq.open.local,seq.write.local and
seq.close.local.

Note that the seq.*.local functions only work with BW.
Just checking....

Jaap Zwaan

will start working on it again.

seq.open.local needs seq.write.local, we create outputfile on server using

seq.open, seq.puts ...

and then transfer file to client using server2client, invoke client app to open the transferred file delete tmp file created on server.

something like this ..

fp= SEQ.OPEN( "AP.DAT", "wt")
if fp < 1 then
message("ERROR OPENING FILE %d", fp)
endif

SEQ.PUTS( strLine, fp)
errorcd = server2client("AP.DAT", "D:\AP.CSV", false, false )
errorcd = app_start("excel.exe D:\AP.CSV","","","","")
seq.unlink("AP.DAT")


hope this helps

Thanks all for the inputs..

It is sheer coincidence I worked on the lines of seq.unlink and server2client just today.