A frequent requirement for reports is to print in text-mode, for fast printing. This can be done with report ... ASCII, but since I found that there were some problems, I preferred to create text files with "?" and "??" (many programmers prefer "@...say" instead), and send printer codes + the text file to the printer. Eventually, I ended up creating a class that emulated most of the aspects of the VFP report writer, which I include here.