I've seen this before too.....try =today() instead of =now() and see if that works. I don't know enuf about Access to know why this happens, I only know when I've seen it, using today instead of now fixes it. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 4office@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 2:02 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access97 Dates not Working on Report :VSMail mx3 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 ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************