>>>>>>>Is there a way to backward convert a VFP report form to 2.6 format?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>TIA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HI,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AFAIK, I don't think you can do that because the reports file have changed (DATA ENVIRONMENT, ...)
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm not sure but have you tried copying & pasting ??
>>>>
>>>>No but, even with copying & pasting, you have to create all your variables, groups...
>>>
>>>
>>>Report files are just FoxPro tables. Could you possibly
>>>
>>>USE report.frx
>>>COPY TO report2.frx TYPE FOX2X
>>>
>>>Then access the reports with FPW26?
>>>
>>>Jerryt
>>
>>As I said previously, FPW2.6 doesn't support data environment. I don't know if you skip the records associated with the DE works. But, I have a lot of doubts about this.
>
>Hey, with a little tweaking it worked!!!! Here's what I did:
>
>1. First of all, my VFP report was simple; no VFP exclusive features (DE) were implemented.
>2. From VFP, USE myreport.frx, then COPY TO rptdata TYPE FOX2X
>3. In FPW 2.6, MODIFY REPORT newrepo and save it with nothing in it (This is to create an empty .FRX structure)
>4. USE newrepo.frx and ZAP it.
>5. APPEND FROM rptdata (VFP report records)
>6. BROWSE and delete any records with no data in the UNIQUEID field and PACK
>7. MODIFY REPORT newrepo
>
>Bingo!

This is a very good Idea !! You can put it in the FAQ section of KB