Vlad,

The $ can be used (at least in prior releases, so I assume still in VFP5) in place of row# and/or col# to mean "the current position of the cursor row/col (depending on where you put the $. This give one a sort of "relative" line (on a form) addressing capability.

Cheers,

Jim N

>What to you mean by "$ as row and col positions"? Is "$" a special sign in this case and I'm not aware?
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>Vlad
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>>I'm *REAL* lousy with report writer (I don't use it), but it would seem that a UDF using @SAY, with $ as the row and col positions (eg @$+1, $ SAY . . .) *MIGHT* have some potential.
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>>Just a thought
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>>Jim N
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>>>No, you can't.
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>>>Vlad
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>>>>Could I combine the report form in VFP with my own printing of lines.
>>>>Eg. To use report generator for designing page header(eg Logo,etc) and
>>>>by using the @row,column SAY.....command to print the detail lines?
>>>>How to combine these 2 methods? Pls advise, thanks.