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Report uses query recordset as recordsource.

I have a parameter query that looks like this:

PARAMETERS [Project Title:] Text ( 255 ), [Beginning Date:] DateTime, [Ending Date:] DateTime, [Group:] Text ( 255 );
SELECT [Time Sheets].[Control Number], Projects.[Project Number], Projects.[Project Title], [Time Sheets].DBEH, [Time Sheets].[Task Name], [Time Sheets].[Week Ending], [Time Sheets].[Res Name], Resources.StandardRate, Resources.Group, [Time Sheets].[Extra Cost], [Time Sheets].[Act Sun], [Time Sheets].[Act Mon], [Time Sheets].[Act Tue], [Time Sheets].[Act Wed], [Time Sheets].[Act Thu], [Time Sheets].[Act Fri], [Time Sheets].[Act Sat]
FROM Projects INNER JOIN (Resources INNER JOIN [Time Sheets] ON Resources.[Project Res UniqueId] = [Time Sheets].ResourceUniqueId) ON (Projects.[Project Number] = Resources.[Project Number]) AND (Projects.[Project Number] = [Time Sheets].[Project Number])
WHERE (((Projects.[Project Title]) Like [Project Title:]) AND (([Time Sheets].[Week Ending]) Between [Beginning Date:] And [Ending Date:]) AND ((Resources.Group) Like [Group:]))
ORDER BY [Time Sheets].[Control Number], [Time Sheets].DBEH;

I use a form to set the parameters that Calls a Module that contains this code:

Option Compare Database
Public grst As Recordset
Public Function modFinancial(strTitle As String, Date1 As Date, Date2 As Date, strGroup As String)

Dim dbs As Database, qdf As QueryDef

Set dbs = CurrentDb
Set qdf = dbs.QueryDefs("zqryFinancial")

qdf.Parameters("Project Title:") = strTitle
qdf.Parameters("Beginning Date:") = Date1
qdf.Parameters("Ending Date:") = Date2
qdf.Parameters("Group:") = strGroup

Set grst = qdf.OpenRecordset

DoCmd.OpenReport "zrptFinancial", acViewPreview
grst.Close
Set grst = Nothing

End Function

When the report opens, it acts like it doesn't have the parameters.  The report contains "me.recordsource = grst.Name" in the On Open event.  

I have placed stops within the code to see what is happening, everything appears to be working however, the report attempts to run the query again instead of accepting the parameters that should have been passed to it in the "Set grst = qdf.OpenRecordset" execution of the query.

What am I missing?  Is the report looking at the query instead of the recordset?
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BrianWren

The parameters are not part of the query name property, but are functionally provided in the modFinancial() function.

Brian

Hi mdicks,
you are right, so you can try to save a result of the query in some temporary table and then print report based on this temporary table.
Regards,
Dedushka
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I love this site!

I've used this OpenReport method plenty of times but, for some reason I just couldn't let go of the parameter query.  Thanks for helping me get back on course.

Matt
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