>>>>>Try

REPORT FORM YourReport NOCONSOLE PREVIEW IN SCREEN TO FILE NUL

>>>>>instead.
>>>>>
>>>>>That will work.
>>>>>The output is then directed to the nul device which means that there is no output at all.
>>>>>You have to include the IN SCREEN or otherwise IN WINDOW windowname, or otherwise it will error on a missing comma. (probably a small bug in VFP.)
>>>>
>>>>Although the code will produce a preview window, the print feature is still enabled and working.
>>>

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>>>Yes,
>>>
>>>but it prints to the NUL device so it will not come out of your printer
>>
>>Not true. I does come out of the printer. Perhaps the NUL device has to be defined first?
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>Huh
>
>I've just 'printed' some reports using the print button on the print preview toolbar, but none of them came out of my printer.
>
>The NUL device is a virtual device from the operating system.
>In the DOS years you could use it to pipe screen output to it.
>
>Probably it don't work under NT machines
>
>What you can do then is instead of outputting to the NUL device, outputiing to a temporary file. Just replace NUL with yourtempfile.tmp and try again.
>Please let me now if that works.
>Evan asked me to send this as a new FAQ item, so i can use every information you give me.

Just did this:

REPORT FORM c:\temp\report1 NOCONSOLE PREVIEW IN SCREEN TO FILE c:\temp\junk.tmp

It printed to the file and not to the printer. Bear in mind if the file exists, VFP will ask you if you want to overwrite it. I reccommend erasing the file after the routine runs.