>Okay. I looked at _PAGETOTAL in help, it implies to me that it's only set after the report is run, so it's unavailable to use in the REPORT FORM statment. Is there a way to do it in one pass?
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That's not what help says at all. It simply says that if you use _PAGETOTAL anywhere in your report, that VFP will internally make 2 passes through your report to determine what the _PAGETOTAL is. The first pass is not visible, and the second one is.