title: How can I extract a prpt file to make changes to it without using Pentaho Report Designer
body: <p>I would like to edit the prpt file by making the changes to the .xml files within instead of editing it in pentaho Report designer. </p>
  
  <p>I used winRAR and extracted the files, made the changes to the layout.xml and tried to "Add to Archive" by changing the extension to .prpt instead of .rar. This created the report fine but when I try to open this modified report in Pentaho report designer, it gives me "Unable to open the file as valid report definition". </p>
  
  <p>I also tried doing the above without making any changes to any of the xml files but that did not work either. </p>
  
  <p>Please can someone suggest any other way to do this. I would really appreciate any input on this issue. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>