>Hi:
>
>I need some help or direction. I need to pass user input from forms
>to report program.
>
>Example:
>
> Ship Name: 1-20 USS Mack
> complete date: 1-10 06/12/1999
>
>base on screen input above the report will show all work for USS mack
>completed on 06/12/1999.

We need more details for a meaningful answer, but I'll take a stab at it:

Suppose you have a form with 3 controls:
txtShipName - text box containing the Ship Name
txtCompleteDate - text box containing the Complete Date
cmdRunReport - button used to fire the report

You would also create a custom method of the form:
RunReport()

In cmdRunReport.Click(), you would put

=THISFORM.RunReport()

In THISFORM.RunReport() you would have code something like this:

* Generate a cursor holding report information:
SELECT ;
  SomeFields ;
  FROM SomeTables ;
  WHERE ShipName = THISFORM.txtShipName.Value AND ;
    CompleteDate = THISFORM.txtCompleteDate.Value ;
  INTO CURSOR Output ;
  ORDER BY OrderFields

REPORT FORM MyReport options...