>When i use the following statement in my program
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>report form &xed to printer prompt preview noconsole while (lpiece = ep.epiece)
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>foxpro does not show the preview screen. In fact foxpro shows the screen for a 1/4 of a second and then the preview screen disapears.
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>Has someone experienced the same problem.
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>Thank you

Check your record count. If the condition (lpiece = ep.epiece) yields no records, you will get a flash and nothing else. When a report is previewed with no records, this is the result. HTH