Please help! I've tried searching through the threads to see but can't find enough information on how to print out the records displayed in my listbox in a report. I know i have to do a loop of some sort, but I really need some help. Anyone? I'm not that experienced w/ access. Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
The question I have is this: do the contents of the listbox come from a table, a query, or a value list?
If the listbox contents come from either a table or a query, you can simply use this as the recordsource for the report. If it is a value list, it can still be done. If this is the case, please reply to this thread and I will give you the code to loop through the listbox. HTH,
Randy Smith
California Teachers Association
The question I have is this: do the contents of the listbox come from a table, a query, or a value list?
If the listbox contents come from either a table or a query, you can simply use this as the recordsource for the report. If it is a value list, it can still be done. If this is the case, please reply to this thread and I will give you the code to loop through the listbox. HTH,
Randy Smith
California Teachers Association
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Hi,
I think there is a little misunderstanding here. When you create a listbox on a form, there are two ways of setting up the values.
1) Within the listbox control on the form, you can simply type in a value list. This is under Properties, Data tab, Row Source Type = Value List, and Row Source has a list of items separated by semi-colons.
2) The second technique of having a listbox is to have it based on a query or table. If this is the case, then creating a report to show this info is very simple. To see if this is the source of your values within the listbox, simply go to Properties, Data tab, Row Source Type = Table/Query, and the Row Source will show the source of the values.
Now, to create a report showing all the items in your listbox is relatively simple, unless it is coming from a value list as I explained in #1. If this is the case, then you may want to copy those values out and place them into a new table. (You don't need to get into creating SQL statements.) Now that you have a table containing the listbox values, you can use that as the recordsource for a new report.
HTH,
Randy Smith
California Teachers Association
I think there is a little misunderstanding here. When you create a listbox on a form, there are two ways of setting up the values.
1) Within the listbox control on the form, you can simply type in a value list. This is under Properties, Data tab, Row Source Type = Value List, and Row Source has a list of items separated by semi-colons.
2) The second technique of having a listbox is to have it based on a query or table. If this is the case, then creating a report to show this info is very simple. To see if this is the source of your values within the listbox, simply go to Properties, Data tab, Row Source Type = Table/Query, and the Row Source will show the source of the values.
Now, to create a report showing all the items in your listbox is relatively simple, unless it is coming from a value list as I explained in #1. If this is the case, then you may want to copy those values out and place them into a new table. (You don't need to get into creating SQL statements.) Now that you have a table containing the listbox values, you can use that as the recordsource for a new report.
HTH,
Randy Smith
California Teachers Association
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