Ok I changed all my [Date]'s to [ShiftDate]... Problem still accords... When I try to create an unbound field on my report and make the control source to =now() I get the following message: There was an error compiling this function. The Visual Basic module contains a syntax error. Check the code, and them recompile it. April > > From: James LaBorde <jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2003/01/21 Tue PM 01:37:46 EST > To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [mso] Re: Access97 Dates not Working on Report :VSMail mx3 > > > April, > > It looks like Anthony answered your question, but there is something else > you should know. It appears that you have a field named Date. This can be > very dangerous as that is one of Access's reserved words. For some reason > it will let you name a field with a reserved word but it causes problems > down the road. You may want to consider changing this field name to some > thing more descriptive. (I usually add a brief abbreviation to identify > what the date is.) > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: 4office@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:4office@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:16 AM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Access97 Dates not Working on Report :VSMail mx3 > > > > I have a weird thing going on with a DB.... I have a report grouped by date > - by day and the =NOW() equation will not give me the current date in the > report header... > > When I copied/paste this report with a new name to group by date - by Month > or by quarter... not only will the =NOW() equation not give me the current > date in the report header... but when I run the report I get an error: > > Compile error in query expression '[Year[Date]*12+Month[Date]-1\1' > > I can not find any where, where this equation is listed in the report... > > By the way, when I tried to create a new report from scratch, grouped by > month, and I get the same error... > > I can't find anything in VB (And I can't get to Properties pane or the other > window that is usually on the top left when I am in Access 2k VB... I am > having a blonde moment right now to remember what it's called. > > April > > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe > > Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also > allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a > request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation > with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go > here to upload/download files: > http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles > ************************************************************* > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe > > Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also > allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a > request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation > with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here > to upload/download files: > http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles > ************************************************************* > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************