diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/DlgPrintProcedure.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/DlgPrintProcedure.cs
index fc946623..062467cf 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/DlgPrintProcedure.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/DlgPrintProcedure.cs	
@@ -41,7 +41,16 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 		{
 			get
 			{
-				if (txbRevDate.Text == "")
+				// the RevDate and Rev number are stored in the procedure config separtly as strings
+				// we put these two strings to gether to pass into the Print module.
+				// the Rev Number followed by a forward slash or backslash logic is from the 16-bit code
+				// and is treated as just string.
+				// Therefore we need to build a revison number string with a revdate appended to it but only
+				// if either the DoRevDate or the RevDateWithForwardSlash is true. otherwise we should use
+				// only the RevNumber.
+				if (txbRevDate.Text == "" || 
+					(!MyProcedure.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.PrintData.RevDateWithForwardSlash &&
+					!MyProcedure.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.PrintData.DoRevDate))
 					return RevNum;
 				if (MyProcedure.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.PrintData.RevDateWithForwardSlash)
 					return RevNum + "\\" + RevDate;