That's what happens when you cut/paste etc. Thanks! Anyway, we need to do this, because:

1) The literally HUNDREDS of report prgs were originally written in 1991
2) I am not the original developer
3) I do what I am told so I get a paycheck (whether I agree or not) :0)
4) The powers that be do not want to spend manhours changing @...say to ??
5) Anyway, Printing using ?? creates page eject problems and @...say works except for ADDITIVE
6) When in doubt refer to #3

:0)
Tracy

>I seemed to remember that @...SAYs get lost/confused if you change/reset the SET PRINTER... in a way I'm surprised it worked in FPD. Why do you need to do this?
>
>Also BTW it's good programming practice to reverse the order of SETs etc. when restoring settings:

*The below should be the first two lines of test.txt
>set PRINTER TO test.txt
>set DEVICE TO printer
>set print on
>? 'this is test1.'
>? 'this is the 2nd line from the first printing.'
>*set DEVICE TO screen
>*set PRINTER to
>*set print off
>* Better:
>set print off
>set DEVICE TO screen
>set PRINTER to