ACC97: OutputTo Message Box Displays Incorrect AutoReport Name
ID: Q163716
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SYMPTOMS
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
When you export an AutoReport to an external file, the report name that is
displayed in the OutputTo message box is not the name that you gave to the
AutoReport when you saved it.
CAUSE
When you use the AutoReport or AutoForm command, the Caption property of
the new report or form is set to the name of the object from which it is
created. The Caption property is used in the OutputTo message box when the
report or form is exported.
STATUS
MORE INFORMATION
When you create an AutoReport or AutoForm, the report or form will have the
name contained in the Caption property of the table or query from which it
is created.
For example, if you create an AutoReport based on the Products table in the
sample database Northwind.mdb, the Caption property of the new report will
be Products. If you save this report as Products1, the report will appear
as Products1 in the Database window; however, when you open the report or
output the report, you will see the name Products. If you want the names to
match, you must change the Caption property of the report to the name that
appears in the Database window.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
- In the Database window, click the Tables tab and select the Products
table. Click the arrow on the New Objects button on the tool bar, and
then click AutoReport on the menu that appears.
- Save the newly created report as "Products1" (without the quotation
marks), and then close it.
- In the Database window, click the Reports tab, and click the Products1
report.
- On the File menu, click Save As/Export. In the Save As box, click "To
an External File or Database", and then click OK.
- In the "Save Report 'Products' In" box, click Rich Text Format(*.rtf)
in the Save As Type box, and then click Export. Note that the following
message box is displayed:
Now outputting "Products" to the file "C:\My Documents\Products1.RTF"
REFERENCES
For more information about outputting a report, search the Help Index for
"OutputTo," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
Additional query words:
Keywords : kbusage kbdta
Version : 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb