>That'll be true whether you choose to check for word/excel or install the CR7 runtime

Nah, if we were to require Word/Excel, that would be THEIR problem to see that it's installed. We would only have to see if it exists or not.

>The VFP report preview screen may be as much as you can reasonably offer.
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As it currently is.

>>No reason everybody shouldn't be using PIII 800's or Athlon 750's, with 512MB, right? *LOL* (someday, sooner than we think, THAT will seem rediculously slow/small, won't it?)
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>I'd give it a couple of weeks - tops.
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Really!? That long?! :)