Default Date parameter to current date

Question

Using Crystal Reports 2008 version 12.1.0.892
I have a Stored Procedure for the report that among others requires a StartDate and EndDate parameter.
It appears that I can not easily/simply set the default for this parameters to the current date.
In the properties dialog for the parameter the Default value appears to be just a text field.  I can type in a value, but I can not make it always have the current date selected.
This report also has an End Date that we would like to have default to the current date(no time) plus one day.
We can do this using Reporting services, but I can not find a way to do this as easily in crystal reports. What am I missing?
Thanks

Answer 1

Well here's a little quick tip for reports have to be scheduled and require date parameters. I've used this on lots of reports...
For the bulk of our scheduled reports, the user typically wants to see data for either the current month or the previous month. For example management may want a production report scheduled to run at the end of every week for the current month so that they can track month to date progress. They will also want the same report run on the 1st of the month for the previous month so that they have a final monthly total.
Here's how I do it with just one report...
1) Create a text parameter called {?DateRange}
2) Give it 2 static LOVs... Current Month & Previous Month
3) Build out the SQL Command (I use a lot of them... Most of our vendors aren't nutty about clients adding SPs to their DBs)
4) Drop in the following block of code at the top of the SQL Command...
DECLARE @DateRange CHAR(15)
DECLARE @BEG DateTime, @END DateTime
SET @DateRange = '{?DateRange}';
IF @DateRange = 'Current Month' SET @BEG = DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0)
                                               ELSE SET @BEG = DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE())-1,0);
IF @DateRange = 'Current Month' SET @END = DATEADD(ms,-5,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE())+1, 0))
                                               ELSE SET @END = DATEADD(ms,-5,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()), 0));
5) Modify the WHERE clause of the SQL to pull dates between @BEG AND @END
6) Add the DateRange parameter in the Parameter List of the Command.
At this point the user has just 2 date range options... Current Month & Previous Month.
From there you can upload to the CR Server and schedule it.
Jason