>>That is what we are doing now, but it is a pain because all maintenance has to be done using FoxDOS. I am trying to finish the transition.
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>Sure.
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>>>Or, use some other alternative to generate text files, such as my download #9991.
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>>If I recall correctly the limitation to your method is that it does not allow visual design, correct? Or is this a different one?
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>'Tis the same one. No visual interface, but a lot of flexibility.

Too bad. You would have been a hero!

>>I would like to find a way to open the FRX file and modify it on the fly just before issuing REPORT FOR TO FILE ASCII in such a way that it creates the ASCII file correctly.
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>Oh, well, you might use the VFP report directly. But I gave up on that one a long time ago, since it is a little tricky to exactly calculate the row and column position. I did it with experimentation. Perhaps you can find out how many pixels or fractions of mm. go into a row, and into a column.

I've found valuable info in the VFP routines that convert FPDos reports to VFP format. Maybe I'll review that once again. Thank you.

Alex