In a different thread http://www.lantica.com/Forum3/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1195161311 I got some help designing a freeform report, and it's coming along well, and I've used the techniques Erika suggested here http://www.lantica.com/Forum3/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1195159451 to make a command button that opens it in Internet Explorer so it can be emailed.  Here's a sample of my current report output: http://www.jamiara.com/freeform-in-progress.htm.

Here's a sample of some of the code I'm using.  In this case, it prints the Forklift information portion of our invoices:

Var vF1TotalString as String
Var vF2TotalString as String
Var vF3TotalString as String
Var vForkTotalString as String

Var vF1Total as Money
Var vF2Total as Money
Var vF3Total as Money
Var vForkTotal as Money

vF1Total = Fork_1_Total
vF2Total = Fork_2_Total
vF3Total = Fork_3_Total
vForkTotal = Forklift_Total

IF vF1Total <> 0 THEN vF1TotalString = ".....$" + @Str(@Decimals(vF1Total,2))
IF vF1Total <> 0 THEN vF2TotalString = ".....$" + @Str(@Decimals(vF2Total,2))
IF vF1Total <> 0 THEN vF3TotalString = ".....$" + @Str(@Decimals(vF3Total,2))
IF vForkTotal <> 0 THEN vForkTotalString = "..........$" + @Str(@Decimals(vForkTotal,2))

IF (Fork_1_Total <> 0 or not @IsBlank(Fork_1))
THEN
	{
	Fork_Info = Fork_1 + s5spaces + vF1TotalString + @NewLine()
	}
IF (Fork_2_Total <> 0 or not @IsBlank(Fork_3))
THEN
	{
	Fork_Info = Fork_Info + Fork_2 + s5spaces + vF2TotalString + @NewLine()
	}
IF (Fork_3_Total <> 0 or not @IsBlank(Fork_3))
THEN
	{
	Fork_Info = Fork_Info + Fork_3 + s5spaces + vF3TotalString + @NewLine()
	}
Fork_Info = Fork_Info + s10spaces + Forklift_charges_label + vForkTotalString 

The static variables in Global code that I'm using for spacing are:

Stat s5spaces as string
Stat s10spaces as string

s5spaces = @Text(5, " ")
s10spaces = @Text(10, " ") 

My next question is, is there a way to "pad" the concatenated elements so that the money figures right-align, perhaps a better way to be using " "?

Yes, please.  Thanks!

Infinity wrote on Dec 10^th, 2007 at 7:35pm:

I'm sorry, Scott. I've been buried. I'll write this up for you in the morning.

Cool, thanks, I'm working with it now.  How do I add a third column?

Thanks guys!  It's starting to look really nice.  So far I've tabled three sections, as seen here http://www.jamiara.com/Invoice_to_Browser_2007_12_11_10_22_51.htm

Question:  What controls the width of the cells?  Is there a way to make each table align with the others?

Thanks to Erika and Ray for help with this.  This is what my report now looks like:

http://www.jamiara.com/Invoice_to_Browser_2007_12_11_16_07_14.htm.

Instead of filling blank cells with   I decided to remove the borders, so everything compacts nicely.  I've got a command button that opens it sweetly in Internet Explorer, allowing my folks to email it to one another.  I may adjust the width of the columns but for now I consider it complete.  Thanks again!