How to download data from SAP report to text file?

Hi,

I am new to ABAP programming and still learning it on the job.

My SAP system has an existing report, which can be accessed via a transaction key. Before I get the report, I need to fill in some variant and execute it so I can get the correct data. Now I need to download the data presented in this report to a text file in my local pc.

Is it possible to do this? I really have no idea how to go about it. I only know how to write ABAP program to download data from SAP tables to text file.

Can someone point me to a link which has explanation or examples on how to do this?

Thanks a lot!