Make an offset with a variable

Hi all,
In query designer, I want to make an offset with a variable, i explain :
Now, I modify my date manually. for example, i give in selection screen month and year, 05.2008 and i change this date in 04.2008 with a "-1" offset.
I want to give the possibility to make in the selection screen one numeric field which change automatically the offset :
date : 04.2008
offset : -2
=> date = 02.2008.
Can i do this we a variable?
Another way is to ask a second date. (date1, date2) but i prefer make this with an offset.
I can find anything to do this.
Can you help me?
Thanks,
Adrien

Hi,
you can do this with a customer exit variable. Have a look at the [SAP help |http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/1d/ca10d858c2e949ba4a152c44f8128a/frameset.htm] on this subject. Basically what you would be doing is programming in Step 2 after the user has entered the value for variable 1.
Hope this helps.
Svenja

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The optimizer must be peeking at my bind variables with it's eyes closed. I'm the only one testing and I've never passed %anything as a bind value. :)
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