Sane

Oh, if the depth of the report is not fixed, it won't be as easy as I suggested. For instance, if you want it to generate:

... for one input file, and generate:

... for another.

Then you won't be able to use a fixed template.

But you just take a quick look at your general template's ascii data and make some logical decisions about whether or not it's easily possible with my method, and what you will have to tweak in my procedure to get it working.

Seif

A more up to date RTF specification available here. linky dink: http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=rtf18&sc=253448238

Taken a quick look, seems to describe the format well with a sample RTF reader and writer app, with sourcecode and description.

Logical1

May be I am not understanding your problem well, but why don't you just open MS Word and create your RTF file any way you want and save it as RTF.
Anywhere you need to send variables mark them specifically ( <VAR1> <VAR2> , etc.)
Then use any method such as "replace" to send your data to this RTF file.
I did a project like this a while back in PHP and MySQL and altough at the begingin everybody told me not to use Word and use PDF instead I had no difficulty at all about getting the job done in a short time.

Sane

Yep. That's what I suggested as well.

Welcome to the forum, but please only bump month-old topics if you have something to add to the discussion.

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Logical1

What do you mean by "Welcome to the forum, but please only bump month-old topics if you have something to add to the discussion. "?

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Ooble

The post before your first one was posted on January 12th. I'm fairly sure the OP doesn't really care any more.

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