Is it possible to execute Crystal Report functions?

Is it possible to execute Crystal Report functions before running the report?

For example,

I have a Formula Field "company name" which calls function getName("c:\Data Folder\","Name","I") where getname is a function in a crystal report User defined library that returns some value based on the prameters

Is it possible to find out the value what getName("c:\folder\","Name","I") returns without running the report using vb code? Or is it possible to retrieve the value during runtime in code?

Thanks

W :cry:

Anyone can help?