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TXT String settings are used to set special characters to represent normally non-printable controls that are populated on a standard Windows report. Global Settings apply to all reports, but you can always override them at the individual procedure level.

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Graphics (IMAGE fields) are NOT supported in TXT documents, and are ignored.

The following tab controls and associated prompts are provided:

**Check Box Tab**

**Checked**

If your report uses graphic check boxes, enter a set of valid ASCII characters that will be used to replace a check boxes' checked state. The template default is "[X]"

**Unchecked**

If your report uses graphic check boxes, enter a set of valid ASCII characters that will be used to replace a check boxes' unchecked state. The template default is "[_]"

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Underscore characters used in the Advanced Report generation templates indicate that a "space" will be output in its position.

**Radio Button Tab**

**Selected**

If your report uses graphic radio buttons, enter a set of valid ASCII characters that will be used to replace a radio button's selected state. The template default is "(*)"

**Unselected**

If your report uses graphic radio buttons, enter a set of valid ASCII characters that will be used to replace a radio button's unselected state. The template default is "(_)"

**Lines Tab**

If your report uses graphic lines and box controls, you will need to replace these controls with a substitute text character replacement.

On this tab control, the following prompts are presented with their template default:

__//Drawing Character//__ __//Template Default//__

**Left Vertical Line   " | "**

**Right Vertical Line   " | "**

**Top Horizontal Line   " ' "**

**Bottom Horizontal Line  " ' "**

**Left Top Corner   " / "**

**Right Top Corner   " \ "**

**Left Bottom Corner   " \ "**

**Right Bottom Corner   " / "**

**Fill Color Tab**

As in graphic lines and boxes, fill colors indeed are not supported in text documents. The templates will substitute each of your colored boxes populated on your report with one of 5 replacement shades. Fill Color 1 represents the lightest shade, and Fill Color 5 represents the darkest shade. The templates will automatically calculate which of the 5 character shades it will replace in your output text document, based on a closest match.