>i have a pre-defined filter string that i need to use in a report form. how do i 'plug' the variable that holds the filter string into the cursor.filter property in the report designer Data Environment?? i have tried &cSearch and (cSearch) etc, but they all bring up errors.
>tia - john
in the beforeopentables event of the dataenvironment say

this.mycursor.filter = myprefilter