formatting data in output file 2

[osurfc]

I have an application that creates a text file with information from several different tables. I currently create a recordset for each table and place the data in the appropriate order via
Open "C:\MArk\test.doc" For Output As #1 Len = 82
Print #1, " B. DEMOGRAPHICS"

Print #1, "Patient Last Name: "; rstBasic!B_LastName; " Patient First Name: "; rstBasic!B_FirstName

Print #1, "Medical Record: "; rstBasic!B_MedRec; " Account Number: "; rstBasic!B_Account

Print #1, " "

Print #1, " C. Hospitalization"
Is there a way to Bold the category lines B. Demographics, C. Hospitalization, etc and change the font for the actual field data

Thanks
Mark

 

[JoeAtWork]

Is there a way to Bold the category lines .......... etc and change the font

You are creating a simple text (ASCII) file, not rich-text file that supports any sort of formatting tags. Putting a ".doc" extension on the file name does not turn it into a Word document (just as putting a ".jpg" extension would not magically transform it into a graphic).

The one way you might put formatting in text file is to use HTML tags (e.g. <b>Bold</b>) and save it as an HTML/HTM document. Then if you opened it in Word (or a browser) it might look like what you want.

Otherwise you need to create the document with an application that can create a rich-text document. If you have Word on your computer you can use it (through OLE Automation) - jozino01 has shown you a bit of sample code.