Ranjan,
You'll have to create a separate COM .EXE that has the REPORT FORM ... in it. You would then do a createobject [that COM .exe] and call that method from within your VFP mtdll - this will work.
Supposedly VFP 9 will allow printing from a VFP mtdll that will do away with this workaround ...
>I am writing a com-object with VFP8 that needs to print something with a normal VFP report. However, the
>REPORT FORM (cReport) TO FILE (cOutputfilename) NODIALOG
>command is failing after I have registered the DLL with component services.
>If I run the same from within VFP8 it works.
>
>Can this be done? If so, how.....
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron