Bob - with your command window practice stuff, it sounds like c:\temp isnt in your VFP path maybe? Do a ? SET('PATH') to check.

>I noticed in your code the table name was a parameter. I guess the big question is do you guys change the table name at runtime, or simply point to a different location.

Yes, everytime a report is created it has it's own temporary table that gets created by another method and thus a different table name that's indicated via parameter. Location of that temp table stays the same, but not the name. Inside of the crystal report designer we have all the report fields laid out & setup with the same alias (temp) and that handles the real source table name always changing. Note - this is the Crystal alias mechanism, and not the usual VFP USE sometable ALIAS myname type of handling.

HTH