Pass a parameter into an access report programmatically

Question

I\'ve got an existing Access MDB. I\'m adding a command button to an existing Form that runs an existing report. The change being made is that this button needs to pass in

Answer 1

My general approach to this type of problem is to save the criteria in the database, typically a control table that has one row. Then to reference your criteria you put a query in paranthesis that returns one value, of the criteria you want. In your case, it would be something like:

(select reportID from control)

The advantage of this techinque is that the control table remembers the settings for the next time you run the report. Of course, ReportID would be tied to a field in a form. I also like the fact that your queries are isolated from forms; they can be run independently of forms.