Ok, so I figured out how to count the lines and can even print them but my

REPLICATE(CHR(13), 27 - nlines)

does not do anything. Neither does a field with just CHR(13) in it.

What is the basic mistake I'm making now???

Regards
Geoff Scott

>>Hi
>>
>>Is there any way of flushing a group footer in a report so that it prints at the bottom of the page???
>>
>>Regards
>>Geoff Scott
>
>Check Thread #598553.