>>9: Reports used for producing a screen display of readable data. Reports are for printing on paper, forms are for showing on screen. Report Preview is for eyeballing before committing to paper.
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>Jim, I'm not sure what you are driving at here. One of the specific requests for the new reservation system that I produced was that users not have to print to paper in order to get information from the report writer. Both the VFP report capability and FoxFire do a good job in this regard. They use this feature regularly.
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Peter,

I am getting at the fact that a much more rich and useful report on screen can be created with the form designer than with the report designer. If a developer decides to try and get the report designer to produce a readable screen diaplay they should at least be aware that they have decided to misuse the tool.

If I need to put a screw in some wood, I can do it with a hammer but that doesn't make the hammer the right tool to use.