A better way to run a 7 day report?

Using Crystal Reports 11
I am hoping there is a better way of running a seven day report that i have to run weekly
In the report i have it set when refreshing the document, the "Prompt for new parameter values" comes up and there is a date field for start and end
This is how i did it
I made a formula called "Date" this comes from the closed date of our accounts
I made a Parameter Field "Start Date" with the TYPE field is "Date"
I made a Parameter Field "End Date" with the TYPE field is "Date"
I made a Select Expert Using data from the "ClosedDate" in the first drop down I picked "Formula" and used this as the formula
{WH_ACCTCOMMON.CLOSEDATE} in {?Start Date} to {?End Date}
Two things
1. Is there a way to have "Prompt for new parameters values" as the default checked off box when clicking "Refresh"?
2. Is there a way to only enter a start date and the refresh would just run 7 days without entering a end date?

Hi,
Here's a suggestion for question 1:
When you preview the report for 1st time there is no prompt window that asks you to select whether you wish to 'Use current values' or 'Prompt for new values'.
If the Preview window is open and you hit refresh again, this is when you get the pop-up with the above options. If you close the Preview window and refresh again, you would not get a pop-up and it will show the Prompt window instead.
For question 1, you can follow Alun's sugestions.
-Abhilash

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