>>2) check if you can open report as table: use c:\scoresheetest\reports\testerpl.frx

Martina.

Thank you very much. That was the clue I needed.
The XFRX message really meant that it couldn't open the .FRX file because it was already in use. This program opens .FRX files earlier in the cycle and had failed to close it.
I closed the .FRX file and everything works well.

Thank you again.