Stop Crystal from Prompting for Parameters

Hi there,
I am trying to stop Crystal from prompting for a parameter that has the Optional Prompt flag set to True as I want to use the HasNoValue attribute to retrieve all records when there is not a specific value sent to the parameter.
When the parameter is created from a store procedure, I can simply set the value to nothing and handle the resulting NULL in the procedure.
I was expecting that I could do the same for the regular parameters but this returns a "parameter field and parameter field current values are not compatible" error.
I have tried setting the HasCurrentValue to True but this is a read only attribute.
I have also tried setting the Viewer.ReuseParameterValuesOnRefresh to False (and True) but the report still prompts for the parameter.
I have searched the web for the last two days and have had no joy on this so any help or pointers would be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance

Hi Don,
I am using Crystal 2008 for both the report and the assemblies.
Using the word All is not really an option as I need to process all types of parameters i.e. Boolean, integers and dates as well as strings.
I could create some complex formulas to handle this but I need the report creation to be simple as possible as possible so that the customer can create reports at will.
Using the Optional Prompt feature now available in 2008 I can create a simple record selection formula that looks like something like this :-
(not HasValue({?MyParameter}) OR {Table1.Field1} = {?MyParameter})
My problem is getting the parameter to register through my code that it has been set to HasValue = False so that the user is not prompted by the viewer to enter the parameter again.

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