>why is the collate check box disebeld
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>how can i enable collate check box in the print dialog box when printing a report from with 2 copys from vfp

This requires access to the Printer Setup Common Dialog ; there's code in the Files Section that provides an OCX written in VB that can access the necessary Printer Properties. The Collation setting is not normally exposed by the VFP dialog, since it is not handled by all printers.

If you want to collate the report, the easiest way to do it is to simply run two copies of the report separately rather than asking the spooler to handle the issue.