generating mulitple types of reports from one series of numbers

[slames]

I have a table tblInvoices with a primary key InvID. This table needs to hold data corresponding to different types of invoices including, credit notes, standard invoices and miscellaneous invoices. The invoice number for all the above types must remain one series, so each time I want one of these I get the next record in the tblInvoices, whilstthe report behind these differs significantly. How can all these different invoices be produced but only originate from one series of numbers?. If that makes any sense!, does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Steph

 

[randysmid]

Hi Steph,
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you can use "filter" to take advantage of a single value (such as InvID) to generate multiple reports (e.g., rptCredit, rptStandardInvoice, etc.). Here is a sample of VBA code:

dim strFilter as string
strFilter = "[InvID] = '" & Me!InvID & "'"
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptCredit", acViewPreview, , strFilter
DoCmd.OpenReport "rptStandardInvoice", acViewPreview, , strFilter



By the way, I wrote an FAQ on the topic. Here is the link: faq703-2657 HTH,
Randy Smith
California Teachers Association