Thanks Nick I will give it a try

>Dennis, actually you can use approach when you set _screen.visible = .t. before REPORT... PREVIEW, and then set it to .f. again
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>>In the same application I want to allow users to Export data to Excel files, How do I invoke the built in Export facility, I have tried making a shortcut with the Menu/Shortcut builder, however when the shortcut pops up the Export option is dulled out, any ideas ?
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>Don't quite understand why you do this, but why not to use just
>COPY TO myExcelFile.xls type XLS

The advantage of using the built in EXPORT module is that the users can select which fields they wish to export, as well as as setting the scope etc. I suppose one alternative would be to provide a couple of list boxes for the users to select fields, however it does rather seem like re-inventing the wheel.

Dennis