Millicent,

Glad to hear everything worked:

parameters:

Crystal has two options...Parameters which the user must enter at run time, and formulas that you can pass from your form to the object. The Crystal object has a formulas array (zero based) that you load values into.

For insatnce :
formulas(0) = "{@ReportDate} := Date(2000,03,03)" - I think that would be syntax. Please note, the formula MUST be already defined in your Crystal report.

Preview window:
If you have the ActiveX control actually on your form, you won't have to worry about the preview window closing prematurely. But, if you are CREATING the object programmatically, then you may want to assign to a property on the form or a global variable, and then you can explicitly destroy the object.

Hope this helps,

Phil