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>Thanks for the fast response. I tried your idea with little success. Maybe you could look at the following and tell me where I am going wrong:
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> KEYBOARD "{CTRL+F10}"
> loReportForm = CREATEOBJECT('Form')
> loReportForm.Name = 'ReportForm'
> loReportForm.Caption = "Asset Depreciation Short Report"
> REPORT FORM Report02a PREVIEW WINDOW ReportForm
> IF wexist("Print Preview")
> MOVE WINDOW 'Print Preview' TO 10,10
> MOUSE DBLCLICK AT 11,11
> ENDIF
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REPORT FORM ... puts the system in a wait state (waiting for you to close the report window). When the report form is closed, the preview toolbar is gone, and so it does not work.

You can either:

1. REPORT FORM .. PREVIEW .. NOWAIT. This will not cause a wait state and the code should run. The problem this will cause is that since you are no longer in a wait state, code keeps running: something that you probably dont want (given the fact that you arent asking "Why do I always have to stop execution when previewing a report <g>).

2. Try putting the IF WEXIST(... code into the OnEntry of the Title Band of the report.

3. Provide the user with a readonly resource file that has the toolbar already docked. This causes the least visual "jumping" effect