Reading .rep files

[John Burns]

Thanks for the help folks :-)

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John G.Burns
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From: omnisdev-en [omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] on behalf of Jim Creak [jim at jacsoft.co.nz]
Sent: 24 February 2016 20:43
To: OmnisDev List - English
Subject: Re: Reading .rep files

If you are creating the reports via user input, then you can just type in filename.csv and it will store as a csv.

I don’t use the report generator myself, I tend to build my own export routines, that way I have more control on things like the file name.

In reference to remote access, I agree with Brian, ODBC is the way to do it, and it’s quite easy, just have to remember to specify which files you want to allow ODBC to have access to, setup a User login and point your ODBC to the datafile.

Thanks
Jim

JACSoft Programming Ltd. <http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/main.shtml>
> On 25/02/2016, at 3:22 am, John Burns <john at unixnerd.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> I have to get some information out of an Omnis application in CSV format. Alas the application's report generator only lets me make .rep files. How can I read these .rep files into something that will let me access the contents in a text format?
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> Ideally I'd like to be able to access the database table directly. I've not used Omnis much, I installed the developer's kit and could see the tables but couldn't see any way to access their contents.
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