Do you need to run the query directly?
Why don't you use a Form and get the criteria from there and display the data there instead?

I wanted to use a button to click on from my main menu that brought up the query without using a form

Amina

The short answer is no - you can't change that text.

You could make your own small form that is called from that button
Universal Dial Box (I call it a "Custom Dialog Box").  Covered in Developer 11.

See also - Value From a Form that may give you some ideas.
The other alternative would be to use the Inputbox to gather the information then feed it into your query.

Thanks