Jerry Volz
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Blank Check Report
I have a report named VoucherBlanks created in Access 2003 that will create a one-page blank voucher check complete with check no, routing number, etc on the bottom of the check. I also have a form I created called BlankMenu with fields, NumberChecks and StartingCheck. I want to use this form to create a report that will generate x number of checks with starting check number y using the VoucherBlanks report.
Basically, given x number of blank checks and starting check number y, I want to create a report that's x pages long and each page has a check number of it that starts at y and increments up to y+x-1.
Page 1 Check No y
Page 2 Check No y+1
Page 3 Check No y+2
...
Page x Check No y+x-1
Sorry for the confusing explanation, I think it's an easy concept just not too easy to explain. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Basically, given x number of blank checks and starting check number y, I want to create a report that's x pages long and each page has a check number of it that starts at y and increments up to y+x-1.
Page 1 Check No y
Page 2 Check No y+1
Page 3 Check No y+2
...
Page x Check No y+x-1
Sorry for the confusing explanation, I think it's an easy concept just not too easy to explain. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hamed Nasr
A sample database helps.
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I see where you're going with this, IrogSinta, but it still isn't working for me. Basically the table, tblTempChecks was created, but nothing else is happening. I understand better what I need, I want this table with field CheckNumber to create a record with the StartingCheck number and keep adding a new record, increment the Starting Check number by 1 until the CheckNumber reaches StartingCheck + NumberChecks -1 or NumberChecks times. Once I can get that table and those records created, I can just set the recordsource to the tblTempChecks and print because the only value that will change in the blank checks is the check number.
In a nutshell this is what I'm trying to do,
For i= 1 to NumberChecks do
Create record tbleTempChecks.CheckNumber
i=i+1
Repeat loop
Thanks again.
In a nutshell this is what I'm trying to do,
For i= 1 to NumberChecks do
Create record tbleTempChecks.CheckNumber
i=i+1
Repeat loop
Thanks again.
Did the code I gave you not create the table with those numbers? If it did, did you change the record source to point to that temp table?
ASKER
I did change the record source on the report, the problem was that the table had no values in it. Actually, I put a msgbox in the loop to see what would happen but it didn't seem to be getting into the loop because no messages showed up.
ASKER
I figured out where the problem was. I tried a test with StartingCheck = 5, NumberChecks =5.
Your line:
For i = Me.StartingCheck To Me.NumberChecks - 1 --> for i = 5 to 4
I changed to
For i = Me.StartingCheck To (Me.StartingCheck + Me.NumberChecks - 1)
and everything works perfect! Thanks for the assistance!!
Your line:
For i = Me.StartingCheck To Me.NumberChecks - 1 --> for i = 5 to 4
I changed to
For i = Me.StartingCheck To (Me.StartingCheck + Me.NumberChecks - 1)
and everything works perfect! Thanks for the assistance!!
If you need to print 1 check per page, sequenced from y, then :
It is straight forward. with no need for extra tables and unnecessary coding.
Instead of saying if you run the report from a form, then... and if ...
We ask for a skeleton database which answers the many ifs..
http:#38300744
Your database will show:
the setup as if you are going to print one page manually.
where the initial number and number of checks will be taken (a global variable, a textbox on a form, ...)
It is straight forward. with no need for extra tables and unnecessary coding.
Instead of saying if you run the report from a form, then... and if ...
We ask for a skeleton database which answers the many ifs..
http:#38300744
Your database will show:
the setup as if you are going to print one page manually.
where the initial number and number of checks will be taken (a global variable, a textbox on a form, ...)
You accepted a solution, but please keep in mind, there is a better solution if you supply information asked for. Understanding the problem is invaluable in giving a better solution.
ASKER
I did see your request for a sample database, but due to the fact that these are checks that we'll be printing, with routing/account numbers involved, I was reluctant to send a sample on the off-chance that I might forget to remove something and didn't want to recreate a new database to send. I hope you can appreciate my concerns but I do appreciate your consideration of my post.