>There are an assortment of relatively report add on tools that convert a foxpro report into a pdf file (WITHOUT capturing the info from the printer driver). To fairly evaluate them I'd like to know one fact.
>
>Because of the internal architecture of the PDF file is it theoretically possible to build a PDF that is identical to a VFP report?
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>I do not believe it is possible.

Dave,
I suggest you to download Rich Simpson's ocx and try yourself :)
www.MindsEyeInc.com

I did for first time a few days ago, set it up to work with my already existing routines (which used native) in minutes and simply loved the result.

PS: This was what I needed to write to my existing routine :

Local o
If !'MINDSEYEREPORTENGINE.VCX'$Set('classlib')
	Set Classlib To ;
  "D:\MindsEyeReportEngine4\Libs\MINDSEYEREPORTENGINE.VCX" Additive
EndIf
o = Createobject('MindsEyeReportEngine')
public oRPT
oRPT = o.ReportFormObject(cRepName2,2)
oRPT.Caption = 'Report Preview - '+;
   this.FormatString(Trim(Thisform.oRepDef.ReportName))
oRPT.Show()
o = .null.

Not exact current code but gives idea about how easy is to setup.
I didn't want to directly saveToPdf() but give the option in preview.
Cetin