>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I need to find out the orientation of a report (FRX file). Is opening the FRX file with USE and then getting the value of ORIENTATION from the Expr field the only way? Or there is a better, more efficient method?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>If I get the orientation from the Expr field, can I rely that there is no space between the key word 'ORIENTATION' and the equal sign? That is, does VFP 9 consistently sets this to be as:
>>

>>orientation=0 
>>

>>
>>or it could be (with space before and/or after the number):
>>

>>orientation = 0
>>

>>
>>?
>
>I don't know if that is consistent but anyways I wouldn't trust and rely on it being it consistent. It is easy to parse it. These lines are from my real world app that is in use for years:
>
>

>Lparameters tcReportFilename
>Local lnSelect,lcOrientation,lnOrientation,lnLeft, lnHeight, lnHpos, lnVpos, lnWidth,lnMaxWidth, lnHeaderHeight, lnTitleHeight, lnFooterHeight
>Local Array arrM[1],aLeftLine[1],aBox[1]
>
>lnSelect = Select()
>Select 0
>Use (m.tcReportFilename) Alias "xxRep"
>If Atcline('orientation',Expr) > 0
>	lcOrientation = Mline(Expr,Atcline('orientation',Expr))
>	lnOrientation = Int(Val(Substr(m.lcOrientation,At('=',m.lcOrientation)+1)))
>Else
>	lnOrientation = 0
>Endif
>* ...
>

Thank you very much for the code. I will try it; although since you have been using it for some time, I trust it 100%.
If you don't mind, I am curious. Why do you get the orientation in your app?