>>>>>>O.K. I figured out why the preview was burried. I have desktop set to true. How do I get the print preview to be on top when I have desktop set to true?
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you tried something like:
>>>>>
>>>>>.desktop = .f.
>>>>>report preview etc...
>>>>>.desktop = .t.
>>>>>
>>>>>/Paul
>>>>
>>>>Don't do this. Desktop is read-only in run-time. Instead of this use:
>>>>Thisform.hide
>>>>report form .... preview
>>>>Thisform.Show
>>>
>>>How about the case where I have 3 form open at once?
>>
>>The easiest answer is to hide/show all of them. But sophisticated people would advise ZOrder.
>
>In order to do what I wanted I didsomething like this
>
>_screen.left = 0 &&to get back the VFP main window
>report form report1 preview
>_screen.left = -2000 &&to get ride of VFP main window
>
>Does this seem like a efficient approach?

It would be even more efficient if you would say from the begginning that _SCREEN was out. This trick has been answered many times on UT before.