Hi all,

I have a print control file (dflt) for Oracle which is in binary. As I am going to develope an application in Window environment, I would like to reference the dflt file. But it is in binary format and I cannot access it. Anyone can suggest me how to convert the file into text or human readable language.

Rgds

Do you know that layout of the file?

Hi,

I don't know what exact means by layout. The format of the dflt in windows is something like the following format which is a text file.
//////////////////////////////////////////////
printer "dflt"

height 66
width 80

after page control(L)

return ""
linefeed control(J)
///////////////////////////////////////////////

Rgds

Can you edit the file in unix and read it? If you know this much I am guessing that the file on the windows side is garbled.

I cannot edit nor read the file. It should not be garbaged because the Oracle report reference it.

maybe th command "strings" can be useful?