Thanks for helping Naomi....

I've tried the PREVIEW IN WINDOW and the just plain PREVIEW on the REPORT FORM command and still I get the report designer flashing before and after the preview window.

>>Thanks Naomi,
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>>I waded through those threads and still didn't find anything relevant. We're not having a problem maximizing the report preview, we're having a problem of the report designer flashing the report format before the preview window appears. Did I miss something in those threads?
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>>-Phil
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>Can you try an alternative method of maximazing the preview window? Would you still have a problem? I have a recollection of this problem discussed, but could not find it in my quick searches. I'll try again later.
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>Found one more thread with perhaps a silimar problem: Re: Hide the report designer window Thread #1098752
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>And one more Report designer appearing in EXE Thread #700742