reports ( using variables in labels)

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Chris

I have a report bound to a query. I would like to have a label saying
something like;

Your case administrator is John Smith Please contact him

I've tried to have a text box contain the Case administrator and then make
the variable = the text box.

strCaseAdmin = me.txtBoxName

lblStuff.Caption = Your case administrator is & " strCaseAdmin " & " " & "
please contact him.

I get the message 2427: You entered an expression that has no value

I have the code in the Open event of the report.

Please help me
 
Chris,
I'm a bit confused about your what you're trying to do... but...

If you have a field in your report called [Adminstrator] that contains
the name of the case administrator, then you can just concatenate that value
into a text string in an unbound text control.

Create a Text control (not a Label) on your report called CaseAdminNote
and use this ControlSource...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & ", please
contact him."

This will display as...
Your case administrator is John Smith, please contact him.
hth
Al Camp
 
CHEERS! I'm adjusting another database and the way it was set up was to use
labels.

In text boxes, How would I use a VbCrLf?

I've been trying puting it into concatenation but the DB seems to think
it is a Field

AlCamp said:
Chris,
I'm a bit confused about your what you're trying to do... but...

If you have a field in your report called [Adminstrator] that contains
the name of the case administrator, then you can just concatenate that value
into a text string in an unbound text control.

Create a Text control (not a Label) on your report called CaseAdminNote
and use this ControlSource...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & ", please
contact him."

This will display as...
Your case administrator is John Smith, please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

Chris said:
I have a report bound to a query. I would like to have a label saying
something like;

Your case administrator is John Smith Please contact him

I've tried to have a text box contain the Case administrator and then make
the variable = the text box.

strCaseAdmin = me.txtBoxName

lblStuff.Caption = Your case administrator is & " strCaseAdmin " & " " & "
please contact him.

I get the message 2427: You entered an expression that has no value

I have the code in the Open event of the report.

Please help me
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Chris,
Did my first concatenation solution work for you?

Use VbCrLf just like a variable...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & "," & VbCrLf &
"please contact him."
would yield...
Your case administrator is John Smith,
please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

Chris said:
CHEERS! I'm adjusting another database and the way it was set up was to
use
labels.

In text boxes, How would I use a VbCrLf?

I've been trying puting it into concatenation but the DB seems to think
it is a Field

AlCamp said:
Chris,
I'm a bit confused about your what you're trying to do... but...

If you have a field in your report called [Adminstrator] that contains
the name of the case administrator, then you can just concatenate that value
into a text string in an unbound text control.

Create a Text control (not a Label) on your report called
CaseAdminNote
and use this ControlSource...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & ", please
contact him."

This will display as...
Your case administrator is John Smith, please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

Chris said:
I have a report bound to a query. I would like to have a label saying
something like;

Your case administrator is John Smith Please contact him

I've tried to have a text box contain the Case administrator and then make
the variable = the text box.

strCaseAdmin = me.txtBoxName

lblStuff.Caption = Your case administrator is & " strCaseAdmin " & " "
& "
please contact him.

I get the message 2427: You entered an expression that has no value

I have the code in the Open event of the report.

Please help me
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Yes your first bit worked. The VbCrLF doesn't. It looks for the VbCrLf as
a field and automatically adds [] around it. it's Ok though. I've managed
to add & " " to the code and the sentence goes onto the next line.

Thanks alot. My boss is happier now!!!
AlCamp said:
Chris,
Did my first concatenation solution work for you?

Use VbCrLf just like a variable...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & "," & VbCrLf &
"please contact him."
would yield...
Your case administrator is John Smith,
please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

Chris said:
CHEERS! I'm adjusting another database and the way it was set up was to
use
labels.

In text boxes, How would I use a VbCrLf?

I've been trying puting it into concatenation but the DB seems to think
it is a Field

AlCamp said:
Chris,
I'm a bit confused about your what you're trying to do... but...

If you have a field in your report called [Adminstrator] that contains
the name of the case administrator, then you can just concatenate that value
into a text string in an unbound text control.

Create a Text control (not a Label) on your report called
CaseAdminNote
and use this ControlSource...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & ", please
contact him."

This will display as...
Your case administrator is John Smith, please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

I have a report bound to a query. I would like to have a label saying
something like;

Your case administrator is John Smith Please contact him

I've tried to have a text box contain the Case administrator and then make
the variable = the text box.

strCaseAdmin = me.txtBoxName

lblStuff.Caption = Your case administrator is & " strCaseAdmin " & " "
& "
please contact him.

I get the message 2427: You entered an expression that has no value

I have the code in the Open event of the report.

Please help me
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Chris,
I was thinking of text for a message box, and that code would be OK. So
would
Chr(10) & Chr(13) (carrier return & line feed from the old DOS
days)
Your " " method is OK, but not too elegant... :-)

Could you give me more info on what you're doing with this Text control?
Is it a bound table field that holds different text strings?
Or... is it more like a label or title that always contains the same text
string.
And what would that string be?
hth]
Al Camp

Chris said:
Yes your first bit worked. The VbCrLF doesn't. It looks for the VbCrLf
as
a field and automatically adds [] around it. it's Ok though. I've
managed
to add & " " to the code and the sentence goes onto the next
line.

Thanks alot. My boss is happier now!!!
AlCamp said:
Chris,
Did my first concatenation solution work for you?

Use VbCrLf just like a variable...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & "," & VbCrLf &
"please contact him."
would yield...
Your case administrator is John Smith,
please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

Chris said:
CHEERS! I'm adjusting another database and the way it was set up was
to
use
labels.

In text boxes, How would I use a VbCrLf?

I've been trying puting it into concatenation but the DB seems to think
it is a Field

Chris,
I'm a bit confused about your what you're trying to do... but...

If you have a field in your report called [Adminstrator] that contains
the name of the case administrator, then you can just concatenate that
value
into a text string in an unbound text control.

Create a Text control (not a Label) on your report called
CaseAdminNote
and use this ControlSource...
= "Your case administrator is " & [Administrator] & ", please
contact him."

This will display as...
Your case administrator is John Smith, please contact him.
hth
Al Camp

I have a report bound to a query. I would like to have a label
saying
something like;

Your case administrator is John Smith Please contact him

I've tried to have a text box contain the Case administrator and
then
make
the variable = the text box.

strCaseAdmin = me.txtBoxName

lblStuff.Caption = Your case administrator is & " strCaseAdmin " & " "
&
"
please contact him.

I get the message 2427: You entered an expression that has no value

I have the code in the Open event of the report.

Please help me
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