Evan,
I owe you big time..
I'm getting ready to set up my user interface queries as a frount end for this report. I'm using a form with text box's on it to
referance verables. Then I'll relate the ver to tables.fields in the open database to search and find the data. then if found
wait window ' data found ' do the report ELSE wait window ' data not found ' loop back refresh the form and exit or try
again. Any Hints ???

John