Using drop down box to activate report

[Matthew Ellis]

I am trying to use a pop up form with a combo box that,
when an item is selected from the list, it opens a report,
which is based on a query. I want to use the item selected
in the combo box to be used as criteria in the query. I
can do this when I am just running the query, but when I
try to run the report this way it will either return all
records on the report or it will return no records at all.
I am using the following criteria in the query:

[Forms]![reportusersearch]![Combo0]

and the code behind the "on change" event on the combo is:

Private Sub Combo0_Change()
Me.Combo0 = ""
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptcompinfouser", acViewPreview

The report runs off of the query: qrycompinfobyuser

Any help is appreciated. (By the way, the naming
conventions used are not mine, this is an inherited
database)
Thanks in advance.
Matt Ellis

 

[Ken Snell [MVP]]

Is the form open when you run the report? You must have the form open so
that the query can read the value from the form.

 

[Guest]

Yes, the form is open first and then when I select the
name from the combo box it opens the report.

-----Original Message-----
Is the form open when you run the report? You must have the form open so
that the query can read the value from the form.

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Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

I am trying to use a pop up form with a combo box that,
when an item is selected from the list, it opens a report,
which is based on a query. I want to use the item selected
in the combo box to be used as criteria in the query. I
can do this when I am just running the query, but when I
try to run the report this way it will either return all
records on the report or it will return no records at all.
I am using the following criteria in the query:

[Forms]![reportusersearch]![Combo0]

and the code behind the "on change" event on the combo is:

Private Sub Combo0_Change()
Me.Combo0 = ""
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptcompinfouser", acViewPreview

The report runs off of the query: qrycompinfobyuser

Any help is appreciated. (By the way, the naming
conventions used are not mine, this is an inherited
database)
Thanks in advance.
Matt Ellis

.

 

[Ken Snell [MVP]]

This is the code that's running on your combo box?

Private Sub Combo0_Change()
Me.Combo0 = ""
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptcompinfouser", acViewPreview


First, use the AfterUpdate event, and second don't change the value of the
combo box in the code:

Private Sub Combo0_AfterUpdate()
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptcompinfouser", acViewPreview
End Sub

Also, may I suggest that you use a command button on the form to open the
report instead of using one of the combo box's events?
--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

Yes, the form is open first and then when I select the
name from the combo box it opens the report.

-----Original Message-----
Is the form open when you run the report? You must have the form open so
that the query can read the value from the form.

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

I am trying to use a pop up form with a combo box that,
when an item is selected from the list, it opens a report,
which is based on a query. I want to use the item selected
in the combo box to be used as criteria in the query. I
can do this when I am just running the query, but when I
try to run the report this way it will either return all
records on the report or it will return no records at all.
I am using the following criteria in the query:

[Forms]![reportusersearch]![Combo0]

and the code behind the "on change" event on the combo is:

Private Sub Combo0_Change()
Me.Combo0 = ""
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptcompinfouser", acViewPreview

The report runs off of the query: qrycompinfobyuser

Any help is appreciated. (By the way, the naming
conventions used are not mine, this is an inherited
database)
Thanks in advance.
Matt Ellis

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