hmmm... I must not be doing something right. I get this error when I set the default parameters

value provided for the report parameter 'DateStart' is not valid for its type....

these parameter defaults sounds like the way I want to go.

what you've shown me gets me the first of the previous month (assuming the report is generated on the first...

Thanks. This is perfect!

Thanks also for the posting guidelines. I hadn't realized how everyone was able to get nicely ordered code into here on their posts

H4K that was it. Thanks so much!