Is there any way to enter a key range in the report writer (other than generating the report from a query)?

I wanted to limit what shows up in the query based on the value of another column.

That other column only has 2 valid values so I ended up creating two queries and put a different fixed Key Prefix in each.

I read the value of the other column when the query cell gets focus and place the name of the appropriate query in a string variable.

The Preset Value/Expression for the query cell is just equal to the string variable.


I'm surprised that there isn't some easy way to pass an argument to the query. Maybe in Celltag$? I would think that this comes up fairly often.

How do I pass an argument to a query which is attached to a grid cell?

Version 2020

Is there some way to set up the Pro system so that it behaves as a Base system?

Sometimes I have used a Pro feature without realizing it and I only discover my mistake when the program doesn't work on the client's Base system.

Isn't it already possible to set the color with 'BACKCOLOR$ ?