Beth,

You need to provide a bit more info. I don't understand what are you telling about putfile, but when and how the alias changes?

If you just create your table (or cursor) for the report and run it from the command window, does it work correctly?

Are you calling this report from the form and experiencing the problem? Did you put alias() and dbf() in the report's title and footer to see, if they are indeed wrong?

What is special about the form that calls this report?
Finally, what is the exact code calling the report?



>Hi All,
> This is a very strange problem. It is almost like the Forms with Grids and printing reports Frequently Asked Questions #15515, but there is no grid on the form this is happening on.
>
>this is the line that the alias() is correct going into, but after coming out is wrong.
>
> REPORT FORM (cReptFormFullName) TO PRINTER PROMPT PREVIEW
>
>
>when you run a putfile before hand with the same exact naming convention as the qmf_temp file used in this call. The putfile returns a qmf_temp.txt. If you name this anything else the line below works fine.
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>Any Ideas?
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>Thanks,
>Beth