It doesn't answer your question directly but you may want to check Doug Hennig's Report Objects article at http://stonefield.com/techpap.html

>I'm looking for documentation on how FRX records are ordered. I've read through the FRX documentation in ...Tools\Filespec\60frx1.frx and 60frx2.frx and couldn't find any clues on this topic.
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>The reason I'm asking is that I would like to take a stab at generating FRX files mechanically. I think I have a good feel for how individual fields are used as well as how the first header record is managed.
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>But I'm baffled about how to order (and link?) the records in my FRX to handle band records and their objects.
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