Just signing on and continuing the development of database after summer responsibilities.Thanks for previous insights re client specific numbers. The views allowed me to look at things in a different light and are now settled.

However now I am experiencing a big hiccup. I have set up a report accessed in browse mode allowing the user to modify specific fields, once completed the aim is then to switch the client report to preview mode via a button set up and script. I have also selected fields to be non printable in the report. The script works transferring the report to preview mode , page set up for printing pausing and user continuing onto printing. However the fields identified as non printable are seen in preview and are also being printed. Please help!!

I've never heard of an object set to non-printing still showing up in preview or printing. Is it possible you have duplicate objects on the layout? Are you printing from a different layout via your script? Check the objects one at a time, make sure there's nothing underneath them and set them individually to non-printing.

Thanks for the reply. Seriously in need of help with problem solving this.

I started again with the layout, renaming and preventing any duplicates.

Then I selected the fields individually (sliding/printing).

I also added new records to try out in the new layout and linked a new button (printing script- see below) to the the new layout.

I 've attempted printing the report without the button/ script.

Tried running the filemaker file on a different computer as we have had crash problems with F6.

What I am trying to do:

I have a simple report in browse which allows the viewer to input information and read other fields to help them come to conclusion. The aim is then to go into preview and set up the report page automatically selecting fields(co name,project name, Status, Client Report and Action Required) for the client report, check in preview and click continue for printing (landscape).

the script is:

Go to Layout["Project Report (polkamaster)]

Enter Preview Mode[Pause]

Print Set Up [Restore;No dialogue]

Print [No dialog]

Enter Browse Mode[]

Any other ideas to try and get this to work are gratefully received. Thanks

Hi Grizzly

Just a thought, you haven't got 2 layouts with the same name have you? One that you are altering to overcome the problem and one that you are printing.

Forgive me if that sounds too basic a suggestion but the behaviour you are experiencing is really unusual

Phil

Hi went back to the drawing board again. Something in Forum re: printing labels got me thinking.Did a seperate layout for the report and linked the data collection layout with button to printing layout. It worked!!! For some reason my sliding/printing isn't working but for the mo I have a solution. Now onto the next dilemma.....