> > 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. I'm assuming that you have 3.0+ for this. Have a look at the bottom of the 'Output' window. Near the right side of the screen is a button labeled 'Options...' that will let you select the printer to tie to the report. You can also allow the user to choose the print options at the time that they run the report. When the user selects their own printer, all of the formatting will be adjusted to match that printer. > > 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. This is one of the annoying aspects of the Foxfire!. Chances are your label is there, it's just not displayed. Have a look at the drop-down list that indicates the number of columns. The list of labels includes only those labels that have n columns, and n defaults to 1. Change this to the number of labels across that you have and the list of available labels will change to match. > > 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. I've always used Foxfire!, except when the report was just too bizarre (see the March FoxTalk) or the number of reports were so fixed in scope that it didn't make sense. In this case, I've just added text boxes. This has generally been done on Invoices for the Terms & Interest notices, on certain other reports for disclaimers, etc. Presumably you want to do the same type of thing?