Hi Mathew
If you want to dump data to load it back into another Progress database there are other ways of dumping the data, but if you want to dump the data to a text file so you can use it somewhere else the easiest way will be:
Create a file in vi or notepad:
OUTPUT TO c:\myfile.txt.
FOR EACH MyTable NO-LOCK:
EXPORT MyTable.
END.
OUTPUT CLOSE.
Thats it. Save the file.
Then you can scedule the following command:
$DLC/bin/_progres -db yourdbname -b -p path_to_your_saved_file
For more control of the layout you can do:
OUTPUT TO c:\myfile.txt.
FOR EACH MyTable NO-LOCK:
PUT UNFORMATTED
MyTable.Field1 ","
MyTable.Field2 "," SKIP.
END.
OUTPUT CLOSE.
Hope it helps
Pieter