Tracy:

I haven't tried this, but what if you do this to the first query--see the new NOT added:

SELECT cn_name, cn_port, cn_printer FROM lcontrol ;
  WHERE !EMPTY(lcontrol.cn_name) .and. NOT (lcontrol.cn_name IN ;
  (SELECT ctrlname FROM ctrlset WHERE ctrlset.printform = .T.));
  INTO TABLE (hdir+"tTEMPLCONTROL.DBF")

Then applying DeMorgan's Theorem we get:

SELECT cn_name, cn_port, cn_printer FROM lcontrol ;
  WHERE !EMPTY(lcontrol.cn_name) .and. NOT lcontrol.cn_name IN ;
  (SELECT ctrlname FROM ctrlset WHERE ctrlset.printform = .F.);
  INTO TABLE (hdir+"tTEMPLCONTROL.DBF")

And does this make a difference?

SELECT cn_name, cn_port, cn_printer FROM lcontrol ;
  WHERE !EMPTY(lcontrol.cn_name) .and. lcontrol.cn_name NOT IN ;
  (SELECT ctrlname FROM ctrlset WHERE ctrlset.printform = .F.);
  INTO TABLE (hdir+"tTEMPLCONTROL.DBF")

It's worth a shot to try it and see what happens, because I'm curious too.

HTH,

--Paul