>Hi Peter.
>
>>In vfp9 sp2 it is possible to dynamically set the Height and Width of a shape in a report. However, I also want to dynamically set the Left. Any suggestions?
>
>Check out the Dynamics tab in the Properties dialog for shapes in the Report Designer. You can dynamically set Height and Width but not Left.

Yes, that's what I wrote.

But... I've done some trial-and-error research and know what: There IS a way to set the left! I'm not sure whether it is an 'official' route, but it works. So, here comes the route.

Make a shape in the report, rightclick and go to Properties. (It must be reportbehavior 90.) Go to Other and edit 'Run-time extensions'. In the 'Execute when' field you fill in: 'RENDER' or '.T.'. In the editbox you put code like this:

LPARAMETERS toFX, toListener, tcMethodToken,;
   tP1, tP2, tP3, tP4, tP5, tP6,;
   tP7, tP8, tP9, tP10, tP11, tP12

do case
case m.tcMethodToken = 'RENDER'
	*
	tp2 = <some numerical value>

endcase

return

The 'Execute when' field is used by the reportbuilder to decide whether or not the code must be visited. In this case that will happen if the reportbuilder is about to RENDER the shape object. In case of RENDER, amongst the sent parameters are the top, left, height and width of the object. These properties can be influenced. Apparently they are sent by reference. In this case tp2 is left.

By the way, it also works for all other types of object.