>>>>I've done similar things before. What you need to do is "Generate" your report data to a DBF. Each record in the DBF will be a line on your report.
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>>>>Craig
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>>>Craig:
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>>>Since posting this message, I found an article in MS Knowledge Base on exactly this problem. Turns out it is a known VFP bug from 3.0 days that perseveres. The article ID is Q154170. It gives a work-around that truly works. You'd never guess the source of the problem: the BackgroundColor of the window from which the prg is invoked . . . .
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>>>Thanks for kicking in.
>>>
>>>John
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>>That doesn't fall into the bug catagory....that one is an OOOOOPPPPSSSS, we REALLY F***ED UP!!!
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>>Craig
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>Craig:
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>No argument from this side, especially since they have known about this bug, aka f*** up, since VFP 3.0. Or maybe they thought it was intuitive that the BackColor of a window had to be white if using @...SAY . . .??
>
>Again, I really appreciate your help, not only on this, but on several other issues that you have bailed me out of.
>
>John


You're welcome...I've been there myself and having people to bounce things off of really helps.

Craig