Prompting for parameter values at "run time"

[ffarmer]

My FM7 database has several tables and reports (layouts).One layout is the "main panel" with buttons for invoking specific reports. For some of the reports, I'd like to be able to specify the Find criteria (such as a date-range like yyyy.mm.dd...yyyy.mm.dd) and other selection criteria values at the time I request the report, without having to get into the cumbersome Find Mode screen (which I know can be displayed with a script command). The selection criteria may include both AND and OR conditions, and involve one or more fields. Is there a more elegant (and "foolproof") way to achieve this on the "main" or a "sub" panel?____