Sandy, We use EMPTYREPORT=ON and check for &RECORDS or &LINES. If &RECORDS or &LINES EQ 0 we also: OFFLINE CLOSE and re-FILEDEF OFFLINE with APPEND to add a custom message that says ***** NO DATA *****. So, you get the report columns, as normal, then in the body of the report you get ***** NO DATA *****. I say "we", I've been unemployed since Feb 27th!!!! Hope this helps, WG ----- Original Message ----- From: <sll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <focus-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <sll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 2:16 PM Subject: [focus-l] Indicate "NO OUTPUT" then 0 records are found in report > Hey, > > I am on a VAX machine. We have not established standards for when NO RECORDS > are found. What is an effective manner of displaying this status in a FOCUS > report???? I do have access to a manual. Cannot quit figure this one. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > Sandy > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ >