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If you use references to controls on forms, the values will always be
available even if the query returns no records.

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> a report which uses a Query with prompts(expr1: xyz) and other criteria
> selects no records. The report header prints, but (expr1) which is a field in
> the header is blank. I want the prompts to print in the header even when no
> data is found.