Report that Forces a User to Input a Date Range

Greetings,

I am generating a work times report and would like to force the user to select a date range when the report first opens. This would pull only the data for the specified range from my database.

I prefer drop down lists or calendars, but am wondering if this is possible.

I guess one other important element is that I would like to "dumb down" the interface, so the user of the report does not have access to all of the features of the program. Basically I only want them to have read privileges.

I'm new to CR, so would appreciate any guidance.

Thanks

Peter