thats the thing, it should be an easy report. there is nothing in the data environment and i select the information i need from two tables in to a cursor, there is only one record. i currently browse this cursor just before i call the report and all of the information is there. i have used nofilter and readwrite as the cursor properties but sill the error.
Slán
~M

>OK, so it is the variable that is not found. I thought the condition was simply not respected or something similar.
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>Sometimes you get problems if you use a table in the DataEnvironment. Try taking it out, and prepare the required table or cursor before printing the report.
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>While the report can reference multiple related tables, I would suggest you prepare a single cursor with all the required data.
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>HTH,
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>Hilmar.
>
>>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
>>>
>>>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)