asked on 5/22/2012

Set date control when form opens

I have an Access 2003 form that when it opens, I want the text control, txtDate, to simply be the date of the End of the MOnth for the prior month. However, whenever I try to pass in today date via the Date function, it keeps error indicating it is a null value. Can a text field be initialized to a date usign the form open event?

Sandra

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DatabaseMX (Joe Anderson - Former Microsoft Access MVP)

5/22/2012

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DatabaseMX (Joe Anderson - Former Microsoft Access MVP)

5/22/2012

For example ...

DateSerial(Year(Date()),Month(Date()),0)
Returns 04-30-2012

Sandra Smith

5/22/2012

ASKER

Thank you. I simply never think of the DateSerial and it always seems to solve my issues.

Sandra

DatabaseMX (Joe Anderson - Former Microsoft Access MVP)

5/22/2012

Pretty handy ...

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