Problem finding REPORT Icon

[joed]

Our work cpu prints REPORTS out fine. We select the report we want from a query on the FORM view by case number, like I said it prints the report just fine...The problem is that I checked the Reports Tab and there is no icon ther for me to open up a particular report?

So the question is...What is the printer reading off of? I checked the macro which prints a REPORT....It says it's reading off "a" report called "INCIDENT REPORT"...but like I said, I don't see that Icon in the REPORTS tab that says "Incident Report" at all?

I need this icon so I can open and veiw the reports so I can save it as an .rtf and send it as an email.

Any help would be greatly apprciated.

 

[accesswatch]

I think the reason you cannot see the report is because the Developer of your application does not want tyou to see the report in design view i.e it is hidden (thats what I do).
Why would they want to do that? To prevent users from trying to open up the report in design view and change there carefully crafted design work.
Even if you could open the report in design view you would not be able to save it as an RTF.
What you can do
You need to get back to your developer and specify your requirements e.g You need to Email the report, Print the report as an RTF (Access 97 is not very good at retaining formating so this option is not much use however options are availble using add on tools and utilities). Once your developer knows your requirements then they should be able to take steps to implement them.
Sorry I suspect this is not the answer you want. The only person that can really answer your question is the original Developer because they know the design criteria that was used on your system. Alternativly you need an Access developer who understand Report and Query Design (I suspect a parameter query is being used for the report) and also some VBA if you want to implement the EMAIL features

I hope this helps
Regards
Trevor From www.acceswatch.co.uk

[This message has been edited by accesswatch (edited 09-11-2000).]

 

[joed]

The strange thing is that on the cpu I use at my work site works just fine, the icon in in the reports tab, but at two other site, the icon is gone. This program was made by one developer and sent out to all three sites at the same time. The other two sites are able to print out the reports by putting in the data into a perimeter value box after clicking on a (PRINT) command button that was made by the developer. The printer is reading off of the report (But) they cannot get to the point to bring up the report visually on the screen so it can be saved/exported as an .rtf file for e-mail because there is no icon for this in the reports tag section???. It is funning that our site is working just fine though.