Not seeing the problem here. If I try basically the same type list I get a heading 5 blank lines and then the column heading. CMD = 'LIST 100 GRAVES GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO GRAVE_NO DBL-SPC HEADING "THIS IS THE HEAD ':"'P' 'LLLL'":'"' CALL RUN_REPORT("",CMD,"")