Thanks to all who have given suggestions re using dates to and from in the access report, it looks like I will need to redo the report as I had it based directly on a table and not on a query, will do the query and redo the report Thanks for all the help, very useful as usual Ann Ann E Fitzmaurice Medical Statistician Immpact University of Aberdeen Health Sciences Building Foresterhill Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD Scotland, United Kingdom =20 Tel: +44 (0)1224 553876 Fax: +44 (0)1224 555704 Email: a.e.fitzmaurice@xxxxxxxxxx url: http//www.immpact-international.org/ -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Pettit Sent: 04 March 2008 11:14 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: access 2003reports Cathy's method will work very well, and is, in fact, the 'preferred' method, but to be even quicker about it, by avoiding the need to call a separate form, you could do the following: 1) Open the Query Designer on the query underlying the data source used for the report 2) Enter the following in the column containing the date field on which you'd like to limit your results: Between [Enter Start Date] And [Enter End Date] 3) In the report header, create a text box 4) Give that text box the following for its Control Source: =3D"Employee hours from " & [Enter Start Date] & " to " & [Enter = End Date] When the report is run, the user will see two simple text boxes, the first asking for the start date and the second asking for the end date. Once the report is compiled, the report header will show whatever dates were entered, i.e.: Employee hours from 10/1/2007 to 12/31/2007 Hope this helps --Jim "Fitzmaurice, Ann E." <a.e.fitzmaurice@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/01/2008 02:17 PM Please respond to mso To <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [mso] access 2003reports hi =20 have creared a report with a sperate section for each person =20 for each person the report shows , the sum of the hours worked, the=20 average hourly rate, the rate multiplier used to calculate the amount of an additiona payment to be made, i have all this working =20 what i would like to add is the dat from and the date to, but dont know=20 how to select and then to show in the report =20 any help would be great =20 ann =20 Ann E Fitzmaurice Medical Statistician Immpact ,University of Aberdeen Health Sciences Building Foresterhill Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD Scotland Tel: +44 (0)1224 553876=20 Fax: +44 (0)1224 555704 Email: <mailto:a.e.fitzmaurice@xxxxxxxxxx < mailto:a.e.fitzmaurice@xxxxxxxxxx> > a.e.fitzmaurice@xxxxxxxxxx The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No=20 SC013683. =20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1309 - Release Date: 3/3/2008 6:50 PM =20 ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm ************************************************************* The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No = SC013683. ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************