If your form has a Private Datasession, make sure you SET TALK OFF somewhere (e.g. in the LOAD method), as this is SCOPED to the datasession, and is reset to ON.

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>to all,
>i have a program that prints using @'s and says, the old way ie
>@3,24 say 'print this', anyhow, i wrote this program, tested with test data and it printed out fine. if i run this same program from within a form, on valid event of a textbox the form prints but has background and other types of junk that prints. are there default settings from within a form that cause this to happen? can i turn them off.
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>thanks,
>frank