>Hi all,
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>I hope someone can answe the following questions :
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> 1. I need to create a report that prints the age of the employees in the company based on an analysis date. I have created a function which calculates the age based on the passed date parameter. A data item is created whose expression is this function. How can I passed the date analysis variable on runtime to this data item?

add a 'field' to the foxfire data dictionary which calls this function as its data source.

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> 2. Can you please clarify my doubts on customising report layout in Foxfire? When I change the report layout, is it true that report is tie to a specified printer name and path? If I am doing this report for my customer I might face problem by doing this way no knowing what and path of printer he is having..

i think it does, because vfp does that by default. check other threads for the fields to clear to correct this problem.

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> 3. When I create a label, is there any ways to customise the size of the label. None of the label sizes provided fit the ones I have.

you can resize a label to any size/shape. drag the detail band to increase/decrease the height of the label. change file/page setup/ number of columns to change width.

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> 4. If I want to design a payment receipt which already has preprinted text in it, how should I go around doing this? Use label or detail request?

for this, i'd recommend designing your own report and not using foxfire.

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>Thanks in advance.....