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oh wow! ok thanks, i'll try that then. Only tested in design view. I didn't think it would work

Thats what I was trying, but apparently I cannot put the same report 3 times on a main report...even if I name it differently and link it to different fields. Thanks for the input!

Thank you so much everyone for the input! I have solved my problem by creationg 3 different but identical reports, and link them to the the main report by link child/parent fields. Works well. Thanks again to all!!

Hi All, Is it possible to use the same sub report on a main report... with a different name.? Scenarion: I have 3 different shifts to be worked at a street festival, Chips stand, Drinks Stand, Cleaning. The same Data, eg. Start time end time is in each shift. I would like to print all three...

Thank you all so very much! Got it working now with all your advice!

Hi Guys, Sorry - I know this should be easy but it's just not working for me. I have a form with a combi field - 3 Columns - ID;Description; Startdate I click a button to open a report and want to set the heading on the Report (textfield) to the description & startdate on the form (column2 and...

Thank you so much for this!

Good morning, I was just wondering if anyone has written a simple cash register for example to be used at a street festival....only selling +-10 different meals and a selection of drinks. I only need to log the meals and drinks on one order, calculate change and print separate bons (receipts)...

Thank you everyone for the conversation, ideas and lessons learned here. I have abandoned the idea but have learnt a lot. THank you all

Thank you so much for your friendly and helpful comment! I am just off to Switzerland for a weekend in the mountains... will get straight back to work after that.

Thank you.

OK thanks.... I dont know how to do that. I thought that it would be quite simple in VBA as it's so easy change in the table design manually! Thanks for the input everybody - I think I will abandon the idea. Yes - it's these headings that I'm trying to change. Not the table names, or the field...

I am also in agreement - this is more trying to adapt to make it understandable for German user.

Set tmp_property = td.Fields("DPurchasePrice").CreateProperty("description", 20, "Einkaufspreis") the error occurs on this line - I think the proble is with set tmp_property- thats why I asked as what should I dim tmp_property? it doesn't get as far as changing the description.... thanks anyway