Jack Gaddy wrote originally:

> We're trying to use QUIZ to produce a TAB-delimited Flat-file
> to export to a PC-based Sales Inquiry Tool.

then with the solution:

> Thanks to John Pickering [[log in to unmask]] for a Great
> suggestion - it worked!  he wrote,
>
> Define the tab character as below and then include it between
> each field that you're reporting. ...
> >DEFINE D-09 INT*2 = 09
> >DEFINE D-TAB CHAR*1 = CHAR(D-09)[2:1]
> >REPORT &
> > ITEM1 D-TAB ITEM2 D-TAB

I'm glad this works for you, but there is at least one thing
to keep in mind if you try to use this as a general solution.

Unless you explicitly truncate() each string field, importing
the resulting file into Excel causes the fields to retain trailing
blanks, which can be a pain.

Personally, I much prefer using Suprtool's STExport module
for such tasks.  Performing such reformatting is its reason
for existing.  The only real downside is having to specify
the layout a second time (the first time in PowerHouse, and
the second in Suprtool).  Just be aware that the file created
by STExport needs to be XLTrim'd, for which I use MPEX.

--Glenn