Cindy,

Thank you for the info. I'm looking at the Frx2word now. That looks like a good start for me. However, in my initial testing I find it to be slow in generating the file. (about 35 seconds to do a report consisting of 3 records). I have a pent III 450 with 192 meg ram. I read where he explains what causes longer "render" times. I'll have to read more on this.

And the tip on the wallpaper feature will be excellent help for me in the near future. I'm anxious to take a look at that.

Thanks
Elgin


>Elgin,
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>Look at John Koziol's Frx2Word (in the files) for a class that will make a copy of your report, in it's nice format, which you can mail as an attachment. Cheaper than PDF.
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>Since you're new at this, putting the report in PDF format will require no further effort on your part. When you purchase the PDF software, it looks like a printer driver to VFP so you just REPORT FORM to that printer, and attach the generated file to your email.
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>Here's another tip for the future - if you have a pre-printed form (think of a tax form) you can scan it and use it as "wallpaper" in the background of your report. You will need to have it stretch from the header to the footer. Then you can position your controls over the spaces on the wallpaper for a nicely filled-out form.
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>>Cindy,
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>>Thank you so much for clearing that up for me. I understand now what you are saying and I agree, your method does look simpler and it makes sense to me.
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>>The "specific format" I was referring to was that of a pre-printed report the client has been using for years. It's mostly cosmetic and I am trying to match it as closely as possible when I develop the EMAIL version of the report in either HTML or PDF. I've been looking over the two options recently and I will first be trying HTML output for emailing.
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>>Thanks again, and I will be trying your method in the upcoming week. I'm anxious to get started. Ahh but it's 1:00 a.m. Tomorrow perhaps.
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>>Thanks
>>Elgin