>opps yepp its VFP 8 SP 1
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>hmmm gonna give sys(1037) a try now ...

In VFP8 the sys(1037) doesn't return any code to indicate if user canceled or not.

>>You can simply uncheck 'Printer Environment' on the Report menu in the >Report Designer and VFP will not save printer related info from now on.
>this was the thing that changed into VFP9 i think .. but as im still using VFP8 ...

No, it was introduced in VFP8 also but VFP9 saves less settings in EXPR than VFP8.