Reports have a Data Environment that you can use...just like a form. Or you can use the DE in a form by leaving the Report DE empty and setting it to use the default datasession.

Or you can setup a sql view of the data.

Yes, you can addobject cursors to DE's.

HTH, and that I haven't misunderstood.

>1. Is there some method in the DE, or somewhere else in the report, that runs as the report is opened in the Report Designer?
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