How to save from calculated fields in a report to table

[2access]

Hi everyone, I have three calculated fields of Tax, Gross pay and Netpay in the detail section of my payslip report which I need to be saved in a table named PrMDetails. I need a button on my payroll form to get a primary code corresponding to that employee and save all these data in the PrMdetails table, whenever I click it.
Could anyone please help me with this problem?

 

[dhookom]

You shouldn't normally store calculated values. You certainly shouldn't use anything around a report to save values. If you need to create and save values, do it with code or events in a form and then just report the values afterward.

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[2access]

Thanks for you replay.
I am not very good at codes and I used only Access features to get in here. I needed to use the report because I needed to create a payslip print out for different employees who work on a casual basis. In this way I was able to calculate tax as well. Now I need a way to save Tax and Gross pay in a table. Please let me know if there is a better way aroundthat.

 

[dhookom]

If you can calculate something in a report, you should be able to calculate it outside a report. Then print your report.

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[ProgramError]

you could use the report page event and me.textboxvalue to get the textbox value and then append it to a table using
strsql = "INSERT INTO table (field) values (" & textboxvalue & ")"
DoCmd.RunSQL strsql

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[ken2834]

I would like to do something similar to what is discussed above. However, if I do txtBox9.value, I don't get the contents of the textbox, instead I get an error "Runtime error 2427. You entered an expression that has no value".
I am trying to put the code in the report_open event. Thanks.

 

[dhookom]

My opinion is don't go there. If you really want to, you can't generally grab any values from controls in the Report Open event. Values from controls can be best retrieved in the On Print event of the section containing the controls.

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[Pampers]

I agree with dhookom, rather not store calculated values in tables, because it is a waste of space.

If your really want to, and there some circumstances thinkable, have a look at append query's. You can f.i. create a table like tblPaidSalary, and append records to this table with an append query (the same query as you use for your report, but then appending it to a table.) You can run for example the query at the same moment you print your salary slips.

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