Tim,

I have a form that just issues a RUN /N &lcRunString, where the lcRunString is the relative path and the report's file name.

Doug

>I created an EXE for a report using Crystal Reports 7. It is on the same machine with Crystal Reports. If I double-click on the resulting EXE in Windows Explorer, the EXE appears to run without any issues.
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>If I try to run the report from the Command window with
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>RUN /N7 xx
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>where xx is the name of the report, I get a dialog box that lets me choose whether to preview, print to a printer or export. I "print the report to a window". I get "Invalid file name" from the Print Engine.
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>Any thoughts on what the problem might be?
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>Is RUN the best way to do this or should I use the Windows Scripting Host or is some other technique the best?
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>Tim