>Yes, that is more compact and elegant Sergey.
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>Until recently I have kept reports in FPDos format from where they came, which allowed fast printing with dot matrix printers. I created a report viewing form that uses REPORT FORM TO FILE xxx ASCII and shows the result in a RTFBox and allows search and partial printing from there. I like it because it executes very fast and works.
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>Since most clients only use matrix printers for multipart forms these days, I moved reports to VFP8 format and am trying to modify the viewing form accordingly. By reordering fields in FRX one problem is solved but REPORT FORM TO FILE xxx ASCII sometimes combines two lines into one. That can be addressed in turn by increasing _ASCIIROWS but then the printed pages don't correspond with the screen pages. I am trying to avoid changing _ASCIIROWS by ordering fields in FRX a little differently, buy haven't suceeded yet.

Precisely because of the problems with variations in width and height (I noticed the problems with the width), I ended up creating text files through code. Eventually, that evolved into download #9991. (Also creates Excel output.)