>>>>>I am using a printer driver that stores the # of copies in the expr memo field of the report .frx. I wrote a routine to change the copies=# entry in this memo. It worked fine during debug in foxpro but after compiling it will not let me write to the .frx - Does anyone know how to access and write to this memo field when running as .exe.
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks,
>>>>>David Martin
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>>>>When you build the .exe file, the frx is embeded internally, so it becomes read-only. That´s why you can´t write to it. You can retire the frx from the project and provide it besides the .exe file; this make the program work while still being able to write to the memo.
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>>>Thanks for the response. When you say retire the .frx; does that mean I uncheck the report in the project info. and rebuild the .exe?
>>>
>>Hi Dave,
>>
>>Simply mark the report as excluded. That way you can still access it through the project manager. You will, however, have to provide it along with the exe.
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>>hth,
>
>Worked like a champ. Thanks for the help.
>
>Dave

David,

Another idea. Since it is cleaner to include the report in the exe, you can make a copy of the frx/frt file into a temporary table, modify it the way you want to, and the run the new, temporary report.

lcTemp = SYS(3)
SELECT * FROM ReportName INTO TABLE (lcTemp)
REPLACE ...
USE
REPORT FORM (lctemp+'.dbf')
DELETE FILE (lcTemp+'.dbf')
DELETE FILE (lcTemp+'.fpt')

I tried using a cursor, but it must be closed before running the report is run, and then it disappears.

Alex