leezac
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Adding date to Report Export
Is there a way to add Date() to the report name below so that it exports with the date in the name of the report? Like P:\Over_Recal071112.txt"
DoCmd.OutputTo acReport, "rpt_over_recal__totals", acFormatTXT, "P:\Over_Recal.txt"
Thanks in advance.
DoCmd.OutputTo acReport, "rpt_over_recal__totals", acFormatTXT, "P:\Over_Recal.txt"
Thanks in advance.
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Ron,
You know me, ...as long as my post is noted, that is all I care about.
Besides, you syntax was off a little, but nothing the the OP could not have fixed.
;-)
In the grand scheme of things, you answered to Q as posted.
my posts were just "enhancements/options".
Nothing I posted was proprietary, or groundbreaking.
It is something you or any other expert could have mentioned.
;-)
Jeff
You know me, ...as long as my post is noted, that is all I care about.
Besides, you syntax was off a little, but nothing the the OP could not have fixed.
;-)
In the grand scheme of things, you answered to Q as posted.
my posts were just "enhancements/options".
Nothing I posted was proprietary, or groundbreaking.
It is something you or any other expert could have mentioned.
;-)
Jeff
Well Jeff, your "supporting posts" as you described them before, are pretty spot on and very much needed. Not only by the OP but by other "experts" looking at the question as well. I myself have gleaned so much info from you and the others here ever since I decided to try seeing if I could bypass EE's membership fee by answering questions. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Ron
Ron
;-)
ASKER
Thanks to both of you. I used Jeff's to add the hour and seconds.
leezac,
Yeah, in today's business environment sometimes "Hourly" (or even more frequent) reporting intervals are needed.
In most "date stamp" question I will just include the time by default.
FWIW, There have even been issues with increments down to the seconds, and some members request increments in the milliseconds...!
http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/39046/1954
...or for users who like to "lean on" the "Create Report"button...
;-)
To be fair, the format (especially when including the time, will look a bit odd to users just browsing the file list, ("YourFile_20110524062214.
Besides you can always concatenate dashes or underscores between the numbers to get something like: YourFile_2011_05_24_06_22_
;-)
Jeff
Yeah, in today's business environment sometimes "Hourly" (or even more frequent) reporting intervals are needed.
In most "date stamp" question I will just include the time by default.
FWIW, There have even been issues with increments down to the seconds, and some members request increments in the milliseconds...!
http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/39046/1954
...or for users who like to "lean on" the "Create Report"button...
;-)
To be fair, the format (especially when including the time, will look a bit odd to users just browsing the file list, ("YourFile_20110524062214.
Besides you can always concatenate dashes or underscores between the numbers to get something like: YourFile_2011_05_24_06_22_
;-)
Jeff
DoCmd.OutputTo acReport, "rpt_over_recal__totals", acFormatTXT, "P:\Over_Recal" & format(date,"mmddyy") & ".txt"
However; Jeff gave you a better answer especially with regards to the order of the date format.
/Ron