>Can you just add PROMPT to your report command (REPORT FORM xxx TO PRINTER PROMPT) and let the user select the printer all the time?
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>Another suggestion .. make sure you strip out the printer-specific code in the TAG, TAG2, and EXPR field of the first record in the FRX. This may cause problems and override any selection you try to make.
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Thanks for the suggestions. No, PROMPT is not an option because most of this stuff runs in an automated mode. A lengthy batch of steps is launched each night, including reports. The operator kicks it off and should not have to interact with it after that.

I tried clearing TAG, TAG2, and EXPR in the first record of the FRX. This did not change the behavior; everything still prints to the physical printer. In addition, the report I am testing with changed from landscape mode to portrait mode, which means some columns get chopped off. When I set it to landscape again in the Print Setup dialog, the printer name gets pulled back into the TAG field.

Does the code I posted look correct for what I am trying to do? Do I maybe need to do a SET PRINTER TO (with no parameters) to switch printers dynamically like that?

I know VFP reports have been berry, berry good to you but I hate the darned things <g>.