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Open form using field on report

Asked by: johnmadigan

I have a report that sorts jobs by dates (I list the date then the jobs for that day)  I made a form that shows the date at the top and a data sheet view of the table showing data for that date.

To make the form I made a query that qrouped the dates for the top then added a data sheet view of the table.  I linked the date fields to gether.

I would like to double click on the date in the report and have it open this form at the correct date heading.
The date field on the report is "rptDate" the date field on the form is "DateDet".  I am not sure how to set up the where part of the DoCmd.  see below:

DoCmd.OpenForm "frmDateJObs", acNormal, , [Where], acDialog

I tried a few things but I only open a blank form.

Thanks for your help.

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2009-11-05 at 11:20:14ID24875679
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by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-05 at 11:45:05ID: 25753132

"I would like to double click on the date in the report and have it open this form at the correct date heading."

Sadly, this cannot be done in Access.  This functionality has never been implemented.  You would need Crystal Reports or similar to do this.

mx

 

by: GRayLPosted on 2009-11-05 at 12:06:55ID: 25753365

Just to amplify what mx said, open the report in design view, click on the date textbox, then right-click, select Properties, and note nothing under the Event tab.

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-05 at 12:22:03ID: 25753526

The only workaround where you can even remotely emulate this is ... depending on the nature of the report ... use a datasheet view form (or Continuous form) to display the 'report' ... then of course, you have all the usual events you can tap into.

mx

 

by: johnmadiganPosted on 2009-11-05 at 12:45:49ID: 25753816

I have the date field in the body of the report - it is set to not visible.  I then put another text box in the AssemblyDate Header section that has =[AssemblyDate] as it control source.  The report shows the correct dates with the all the jobs for that date underneath.

So when I click on this date box I can run code under the double click event.   I tested the double click event with:
varRptDate = rptDate
MsgBox varRptDate

When I click on a particular date on the report the message box returns the correct date.  Since I can get this value off of my report - how can I open the form with the date I picked.

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-05 at 12:52:30ID: 25753882

There a no clickable events on a report or controls on a report.

Are you sure you are talking about a Report and not a Form in print preview mode?

mx

 

by: johnmadiganPosted on 2009-11-05 at 13:21:58ID: 25754181

I opened the Report in design view.  I added a text box to the AssemblyDate Header section of the Report.  When I show the Report in Report view and click on the date it returns a value.

I have a screen shoot showing the message box I get when I double click on 11/6/2009 on the report.  The next screen shoot shows the form opening up after double clicking the date - (i did not have a where condition so it open to first record)

This does seem to work.  

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-05 at 15:05:12ID: 25755086

Is this A2007?

mx

 

by: johnmadiganPosted on 2009-11-05 at 16:43:14ID: 25755744

yes - 2007

 

by: BitsqueezerPosted on 2009-11-07 at 09:39:20ID: 25767193

Hi,

in Access 2007 in report view you can use a doubleclick event. This makes reports more similar to the professional reporting services of SQL Server.

To open the form with DoCmd you can use this:

DoCmd.OpenForm "frmDateJObs", acNormal, , "[Name of the date field in the underlying table]=#" & Month(Me.rptDate) & "/" & Day(Me.rptDate) & "/" & Year(Me.rptDate) & "#", acDialog

This converts a displayed date into the date format Access needs.

Cheers,

Christian

 

by: johnmadiganPosted on 2009-11-10 at 05:27:03ID: 25785070

I had already found that I could use the double click eventhough some post above said it could not be done - I just needed to correct my syntax on the DoCmd - I went to another post to correct this and get it working.

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