I haven't worked with CR all that much but maybe you need to create a "Parameter" field instead of "Formula" field. Check the docs for the difference. HTH.

>Thank u Eric for your reply.
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>Kindly, can u help me in this :
>I am using a Crystal Report Formula name "@ReportDate" & having this text "Date(2001,07,01)" in it, I am passing the correct date from the vb program to this formula as follows:
>ReportFile.FormulaFields(3).Text = "Date(2001,06,01)"
>When I run the report the formula takes the value stored in the report formula and what I am passing to the report formula has no effect.
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>Any idea how to solve this, or am I missing something ??
>
>Thank u in advance