Hilmar,
i have tried not empyt() and !empty(), as suggested by erick, to no avail.
i am still getting "variable prt_tints not found". i have selected the correct table and browsed it also to make sure and it is open.
any more clues?
Slán
~M

>>I have a report that was working fine in 7, i have moved it to 8 and it worked fine but i have had to make a few changes to the program today and now the report will not function. i normally have something in the print when like prt_tints <> ' ' and it worked fine. now i have to take it out in order for the report to work. any ideas as this is really annoying me. VFP8SP1 on w2ksp4.
>>Slán
>>~M
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>A comparison for equality or inequality may depend on the setting of SET EXACT. Perhaps you changed something there.
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>How about changing the condition to: not empty(prt_tints)