Hello Chris,

Don't forget to consider Rich Simpson's Report Engine control. It creates PDFs, apparently very quickly, without needing a PDF driver on the machine. I haven't tried it, but he has impressed a bunch of people when showing it off at user group meetings.

http://www.mindseyeinc.com/ReportEngine/index.htm

>anyone care to comment on the EASIEST and most TROUBLE FREE tool to use for implementing PDF generation of VFP reports?
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>- need to email PDFs
>- developer license w/ redist rights
>- all flavors of Windows
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>and how do u test to see if the PDF driver is installed prior to SETTING PRINTER TO?
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>gracias.