Report to Form (in Update mode), update, "Close" back to report (just like QBE).

Question

Alright, I have been through the entire board and found bit and pieces here and there on how to do this, but I am not satisfied with the results. Answers to these questions will dictate whether we use this product or not.
1) The QBE solution is great for the above EXCEPT I am unable (it seems) to make updates to the form portion of the Report/Form combination. I need to be able to lock off certain fields and disallow certain functions. Other's have asked whether this can be done. No answers issued forth.
Is there some way short of hacking into the PL/SQL code of updating the form on a wizard created QBE?
2) I was able to create my own report, link (via link object) to a custom form (update the form as I needed). Now I would like my users not to have to hit the query button (which is absurd in this case because they already have the proper record displayed). So I need to open the form in "update" mode. I have seen some different approaches to this on the board, and all kinds of code, but is there a simple way to do this (preferably from the tool, not hacking code)?
I see the code in the various posting (including the FAQ), the question is where I put in in the context of my link from report to form (if it is in the native pl/sql, this is not an answer because we will not go that route; having code blown away by the tool and have to be reentered. It goes in in the context of the tool or we don't use the tool).
Also, is there a way to utilize the "close" button from the QBE that so nicely takes you back to the report and does a refresh?
This is the simplest app I could dream up to test this product and it looks like it falls short.
In summation:
1) Generate a report. (yes)
2) Link to form (yes)
2a) Link direct to record (no query click) (no, without hacking)
3) update the form (yes, if after query click)
4) Jump back to report at spot where you left, do automatic refresh (just like QBE) (No, without hacking)
Again, this is the simplest and most common of apps, I cannot understand why it would be so hard to accomplish. What am I missing? Anybody on the board, please advise.
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Answer 1

If your report is created using ‘Reports From SQL Query’ then you can modify it using the following to achieve this:
1. Remove the link from ‘Column Formatting’ section of the report object.
2. In the SQL of the report , use custom link to the column where you want to provide link using the syntax
select a.empno,’‘||a.ename||’‘ ename_link,a.deptno
from scott.emp a
Order by a.empno
and the form will always open in ‘INSERT’ mode with passed values filled in.
Thanks
Krishnamurthy