Modifying controls on a report

[dsmaj]

I'm having a wierd problem trying to modify either labels or textboxes on my reports. It's acting as if I'm not aloud to modify control properties at run-time from code. Is this an Access restriction on reports, or is something else going on? I'm just getting runtime errors when I try to run the report, for example, with a lblWhatever.caption = "test" in the Report onload event.

Thanks for any help,
Sam

 

[Rich]

Try one of the OnFormat events instead

 

[dsmaj]

Same prob. I'm getting "Can't assign value to this object"

To confirm though...I SHOULD be able to modify controls on a report from code in the same way that I modify controls on forms from code, is that right?

Any ideas?
Sam

 

[Rich]

depends what you mean by modify?

 

[dsmaj]

depends what you mean by modify?

Like the example above....should I be able to do

Me!lblTitle.Caption = "Whatever"
OR
Me!txtTitle.value = "Whatever..."

in the on open even of a Report? Or even within some other routine within a Report? As it stands, I can't do any of that, and I'm trying to determine if this is some kind of weird reaction Access is having to something I've done within my project, or if it's just a restriction within Access. I've never done Reports with access before, so I really have no idea.

Thanks for the help,
Sam

 

[dsmaj]

Hey thanks for the interest Rich....I've solved the problem. As it turns out, it must have been some sort of bizzare quirk in access. I just copied all the controls of my Report to a new Report, and it works now. This has worked in the past for me with corrupt forms as well.

Thanks,
Sam