>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>>I have three simple tables called Software, Hardware, Other which only cDesciption and iActive_Flag fields not to count ID field. I have one form with 3 grids close to each other for these tables maintenance.
>>>>
>>>>Now I'd like to be able to print a 3 columns report for them. Is Excel my only option here? How would I show 1/0 field in Excel as a checkmark?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks a lot in advance.
>>>
>>>Why can't you combine three tables in one cursor and print regular report?
>>
>>Do you mean combining them based on record number (using 3 extra steps)? I thought about it, not sure if this is better.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>I think - at least in vfp 6 - it's a more than 3 steps
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>select Id, desc ;
>     from table1 ;
>     into cursor1 ;
>     order by ...
>
>select recno() as xxx, * from cursor1 into cursor cursor1 order by 1
>
>&& same for cursor2 and cursor3
>
>&& then do an outer join on xxx of all 3 cursors into one printcursor
>&& set the print when in the report to !isnull(column...desc)
>

Yes, reading my mind, are you? <g>