Record Count?

[neileg]

Thanks for the input but I dont think that is an option for me at this time. So Many people are telling me I should use the DMax funciton however I have got nothing back on how I can use it, and I have see the syntax for it but it is just not clicking for my problem! Thanks

You need to store the permit number in the record for the permit. Then you apply DMax() to the field in which you have stored the number. For example:
DMax("[PermitNo]", "Bulding")