>I'm using ShellExecute to print PDF forms from a desktop application written in VFP9. The requirement is for the program use the PDF appointment of agent (AOA) forms as cover sheets between sections of Fox reports

Just a thought off the top of my head -- have not tried... What if you create a UDF that performs the coversheet printing with the appropriate parameters being passed to it. Then in the report itself, add the UDF as a call in the header of the form? You could use Private scoped variables if needed to pass to the report and hence to the parameter list in the call to the UDF.