Referencing a Subform

[mrssevans]

Referencing a Subreport

I have searched through the forums, but have not found an instance of this yet. I apologize if i overlooked something.
I have a very complicated report which is a main report that is unbound and 3 subreports in the detail section of the unbound main report. I am getting all the correct information in my subreports, but I need to reference to one of the subreports from one of the other subreports. Here is what I was trying...
=(IIf([Reports]![Cattle Inventory Position Summary]![Cattle Inventory Positions].[Report]![Type]=[Type],[Reports]![Cattle Inventory Position Summary]![Cattle Inventory Positions].[Report]![Month1],0))

Basically what would happen is I would get a 0. The subs are grouped by FY and Type so what I was trying to do is if record=type then if record=feedyard then month1. When that didn't work I broke it down to what I displayed above. Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Sammy B]

I am a little confused. Are you running this code from one of the sub reports or from a control on the main form?

Sam

 

[mrssevans]

Sorry, I was unclear

From a subreport I have a text box with the mentioned iif statement. I don't get an error, but it doesn't find the information I am looking for either.

 

[Sammy B]

Ok, I can at least show you how you need to refer to a control from one subreport to another subreport.

Let us say we have a report named "Main Report"
Let us say we have 2 subreports called "subreport1" and "subreport2"

And let us say we have a text control on subreport1 called "GetMe"
And let us say we have a text control on subreport2 called "GoGetIt"

The proper syntax to enter into "GoGetit" would be:

=Reports![Main Report]!subreport1!GetMe

Hope this helps

I have attached an example. It also includes an example of subforms.

 

[mrssevans]

Thank you for the reply and the example. I can see how that would work and I have actually used that option before, however this situation seems to be a little more complicated for some reason. I would have to somehow use an iif statement because the information needs to match correspond to the location. Something like iif(report!location=location, iif(report!type=type,totalhead))
When I use the correct syntax for this example it doesn't return any information, but I also don't get an error. Any other ideas?

 

[Sammy B]

I would suggest you zip up your access database and let someone give it a go. If you are concerned about security then delete and data you do not want others to see.

Sam

 

[mrssevans]

Thank you for trying to help. The database is too complex with linked tables, etc. I might try to setup a similiar one that isn't linked and post it.

Thanks again

 

[Rich]

Do you get any data without the Iif?

 

[mrssevans]

No, no data without the iif's either. There are no errors, but no data.