>>By golly, yes I do and I can see where you're coming from!!!
>>What if I may the grid not visible while the report prints??
>>Ta
>
>David,
>
>How about something less drastic like;
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>

>SELECT Alias
>REPORT FORM ...
>

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>when you run the form. Even more complete would be;
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>LOCAL lcAlias
>lcAlias = ALIAS()
>SELECT TheOneYourReportNeeds
>REPORT FORM ...
>IF NOT EMPTY( lcAlias )
>   SELECT ( lcAlias )
>ELSE
>   SELECT 0
>ENDIF
>

That's what I'm doing already Jim. But not good enough it seems; especially if I run "PROMPT" which possibly activates the underlying form before spooling out.
I tried simply hiding the pageframe with the grid on it, but that apparently failed too.
It's a really hard thing to test too, because it only fails occasionally on the customers site, some 160 miles away, and almost never fails here.
What I'm now trying is going via a modal form which manages the print options... should know in a few hours if it works

Thanks for the advice.