Labels not associated with controls

[Guest]

Hello all,

I go to Report Wizard, select a table from the drop-down, group on one field, choose Align Left 2 and it generates a report with some of the labels displaying those little green triangles in the top left corner. These labels are in the Header, which includes the one field that the Header is grouped on. The smart tag list several "tags": new unassociated label; associate label with control; help on this error; and then the two other tags to get help on the error. When I select "associate label..." my ONLY choice is the control that is the field on which the Header is grouped on. These labels should be associated with their controls in the Detail section.

Again, this is really strange considering that this Report was generated via the Wizard.

Question:

Is this error dangerous fatal?
Should I ignore?
How do I associated the label with the proper controls? (My preferred option for ensuring a clean Report.

Thank you for the support!

 

[Allen Browne]

The message is a warning only, and yes, you can ignore it.

It is not possible to attach a label to a control, and have the label in a
different section. These labels need to be in one of the header sections, so
that's why the wizard generated unattached labels. If you put the labels in
the Detail section, they will print for every record.

To avoid seeing these warnings constantly, go to:
Tools | Options | Error Checking
Uncheck the box beside:
Unassociated label and control
If you do not want to see the message even the first time you make a report,
also uncheck:
New unassociated labels

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.

Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

Hello all,

I go to Report Wizard, select a table from the drop-down, group on one

field, choose Align Left 2 and it generates a report with some of the labels
displaying those little green triangles in the top left corner. These labels
are in the Header, which includes the one field that the Header is grouped
on. The smart tag list several "tags": new unassociated label; associate
label with control; help on this error; and then the two other tags to get
help on the error. When I select "associate label..." my ONLY choice is the
control that is the field on which the Header is grouped on. These labels
should be associated with their controls in the Detail section.

Again, this is really strange considering that this Report was generated via the Wizard.

Question:

Is this error dangerous fatal?
Should I ignore?
How do I associated the label with the proper controls? (My preferred

option for ensuring a clean Report.