Thanks for all of the replies.  I have to conclude that I did not make my
original problem clear enough.  The situation is this:

1.  I have an existing QTP process that I can compile but that I must not
run and whose structure demands a complex test database to work.  The cost
of setting up and tearing down such a database is prohibitive given the
nature of the task at hand, which is to simply rearrange some fields on a
regulated form generated by a QUIZ report.

2.  If I compile this QTP process I obtain in the temporary domain the
exact QTP subfile that I need to conduct the tests for the new layout. 
However, this file is of course empty.  As it contains a dictionary it is
nonetheless usable by Quiz to build a revised report but not to generate a
test layout (for want of data).

3.  I can take this empty QTP subfile, with its dictionary, and open it in
QDESIGN using the form:

SCREEN QKXXX

FILE *QPAPCQF1

GENERATE

GO

and I obtain an interactive form that allows me to input data into the
subfile and save it.  I can close QDESIGN, open it again, regenerate the
same form and read back in the data that I added in the first instance. 
So the information persists across sessions (as microsoft weenies would
say).

4.  If I then use QUIZ to open this same subfile, with the data added
above, it will desribe all of the items in the dictionary (SHOW ITEMS) but
if I try to report the contents (REPORT ALL) then I invariantly get this
error:

*E* Not a valid subfile or data file. Open fails (QPAPCQF1).

So, why can I read and write to this file in QDESIGN but not read from it
in QUIZ?

Sincerely,

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