>>You might want to write to a file called NUL in order to avoid having to create it and delete it, and to avoid any disk access.
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>I've always used report form filename noconsole, but I don't recall anyone mentionning this solution. Is there a reason I should know about?
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>Sylvain Demers
>blackphoenix@cablevision.qc.ca
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According to Lisa Slater-Nicols, this can return the wrong page count under certain conditions. She didn't elaborate on what those are.