Display parameter values in separate sheet in Crystal Reports 2008

Dear all,
I am using CR 2008 SP6 and I want to provide/display the values of the parameters which the user has entered before executing the Crystal report.
Is there any way to display this values, maybe on a separate sheet or area within the report?
Any idea would be great.
Best regards,
Stefanos from Munich/Germany

For single-value parameters, simply drag them to the report canvas to display them. For more complext cases, see Printing Parameter Selections for Multiple or RangeValues in Crystal Reports</title></head><body><!…

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 ' Save any settings that should persist from one successful run to the next
 Call SavePersistentSettings()
 End If
 ' Release the crystal report
 Call CleanupReportProcess(DirectCast(sourceDatabase, clsMainApplicationDatabase))
 End Sub
 ' The preview form must be launched on a thread that use the single-threaded apartment (STA) model.
 ' Threads use the multi-threaded apartment (MTA) model by default. This is necessary to make the
 ' export and print buttons on the preview form work. They do not work when running on a
 ' thread using MTA.
 Public Sub PreviewReportAsynchStep2(ByVal crxInitializedReport As Object)
 Dim frmPreview As frmReportPreview
 ' Use the preview form to preview the report. The preview form contains the crystal reports viewer control.
 frmPreview = New frmReportPreview
 frmPreview.Report = DirectCast(crxInitializedReport, ReportDocument)
 frmPreview.ShowDialog()
 End Sub
Thanks for your help!
Andy

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