>The only trouble I have ever have with VFP 9, well except for coding errors.......:), is with the report writer.
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>I will enter my code in the BeforeOpenTables method, save it and try to preview, only to find now that method is full of some weird symbols which hoses ( am I be too technical? ), the report, then freezing VFP.
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>Other times the report writer will freeze/stall for a full 30 seconds every time I make any change to the report during any edititng. Very disturbing.
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>Any one else have this experience?
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>Thank you in advance.
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>Gary De Lecce

I saw this problem discussed here before - do you need a thread reference?