Click on the Function Definition Properties icon and click on the Spooler tab and select Output Type Physical File.

This sends the report output to a physical file on the server.

The Fields in this Window:

File Name - The name of the physical file to be created.

Form ID - Enter the system specific spooler command string. This is system dependant.

No of Copies - Print the number of copies specified (if the spooler system supports this).

Batch Queue ID - The ID of this function, for background processing.

Batch Priority - The priority of this function, for background processing.

Spool Output - Check to spool the output. This only applies to multi-tasking systems that support spooling.

Raw Mode - Check to output with no interpretation of control characters.

Suppress Page Header - Check to suppress the output of the page header defined against the report or document.

Suppress 1st Line - Check to suppress the output of the PROIV standard report 1st line (not defined in the report).

Suppress 1st Form Feed - Check to suppress the first form feed.

Suppress Fields - Check to only output headers, not the data fields.

Group Output - Check to leave a spool file open at the end of output, so that subsequent reports and documents are appended to that spool file for printing.

Create Hold File - Used when creating spooled output. Check to create a physical file with the function name as the file name, and a file extension of PRT.

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