Textbox format

[Guest]

I'm trying to format a textbox in Access report like so (##.##). When I try
to set up the textbox's properties I recieve errors or nothing shows up on
the report when execuited.
example: Format General Number
Decimal Places 2

Any answers??

 

[Rick Brandt]

I'm trying to format a textbox in Access report like so (##.##). When
I try to set up the textbox's properties I recieve errors or nothing
shows up on the report when execuited.
example: Format General Number
Decimal Places 2

Any answers??

If you want a fixed number of decimal places then you have to set the format to
"Fixed" rather than "General". Otherwise the Decimal Places property is
ignored.