Insert date into report

[Scott]

I have created a new report in Access 2000. I have inserted the date from
the Insert menu, but the date only shows #name? in the print view. Anyone
know why?

Thanks

 

[Larry Linson]

I have created a new report in Access 2000.
I have inserted the date from the Insert menu,
but the date only shows #name? in the print view.

You can show the current date in a Text Box by setting the Control Source to
=Date(), or show the date and time by setting the Control Source of the Text
Box to = Now(). Most of the Report Wizards put the date somewhere on the
generated report.

I usually have a Text Box with a Control Source of:

= "Printed on " & Date() & " at " & Time()

since the current date and time is only when the information was printed,
not the "effective" or "record" date.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[John Vinson]

I have created a new report in Access 2000. I have inserted the date from
the Insert menu, but the date only shows #name? in the print view. Anyone
know why?

Thanks

This appears to be the very common References bug. Open any
module in design view, or open the VBA editor by typing
Ctrl-G. Select Tools... References from the menu. One of the
..DLL files required by Access will probably be marked
MISSING. Uncheck it, recheck it, close and open Access.

If none are MISSING, check any reference; close and open
Access; then uncheck it again. This will force Access to
relink the libraries.