Alan:

VFP5 is getting to be pretty old. My copy (5.0a) is dated October 21,

1997, so it just turned seven. While an improvement over 3.0, it was

nowhere near as stable at 6.0. And each version since has improved

stability, new features and new developer tools.

Is there no way you can update the runtimes on your machines to VFP 7

or 8?

There were problems with reports when there was no visible _SCREEN in

VFP5, but I don't recall the workarounds off the top of my head.

Perhaps you should consider toggling _SCREEN.Visibile to .T. before you

try to preview the reports?

Ted Roche

Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

http://www.tedroche.com

On Oct 26, 2004, at 11:34 PM, Alan Wyne wrote:

> I have a program I wrote using VFP8. Runs fine. VFP screen is off.

> main screen is set to modal...As Top Level Form....desktop = .t.

>

> When I build a project and then an EXE and run the EXE. The two

> reports that can run from this screen preview fine inside the main

> form.

>

> However, when I rebuild the project in VFP5 built the EXE and then run

> it. Those same two reports will not show up. I click the button to

> click the report. Everything fires...temp files get built. but there

> is no report preview window.

>

> Is this a problem in VFP 5? if so, does anyone know a way around it.

>

> thanks

>

>

> Alan Wyne

> IS Manager

> Rollpak Corp

>

>

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