Reports not previewing & wizards and working

[deejay_totoro]

Hello,

I hope someone might be able to help with this report question.

I am having some trouble printing out custom reports from certain machines.

I have a command button that opens a report in preview mode. The user can then print reports etc… However I am finding that a number of users cannot view the reports at all.

When the user clicks the open/preview command button no report appears. A brief cursor change takes place - but then nothing.

As a double check I tried creating a new database, with a new table. Then I used the report wizard to try and create a standard report. The report wizard does not open - nothing happens.

This may suggest a problem with Access/Office install - but this has been tried to no avail. I have also tried changing the default printer to the MS image printer. This has not helped either.

Any suggestions would be apprecated!

Thanks!

dj_T

 

[vbaInet]

Have you tried creating another report and opening that one in preview mode?

What version of Access?

 

[deejay_totoro]

Hello,

thanks for the reply.

If I try to create a new report (new button) without using the wizard - also nothing happens.

Cheers!

dj_T

 

[vbaInet]

What version of Access is this?

 

[deejay_totoro]

Its Access 2003.

Cheers.

 

[vbaInet]

Are you using the built-in security?

 

[deejay_totoro]

No security at all on the datbase.

Thanks,

dj_T

 

[vbaInet]

Is the database split?

Look at the ON CLICK event of the button to ensure that the text "[Event Procedure]" is the value, that's if you're using vba. Are you using code or a macro?

 

[deejay_totoro]

Hello.

Yes - the database is split.

Its all done through VBA, and its all written properly.

Thanks!

dj_T

 

[vbaInet]

Are you running multi OS'? Is there any pattern?

Or there could be corruption.

 

[deejay_totoro]

Its all being run on XP machines.

No corruption in the date either... yeah its really strange. No patterns either.

Just again - this happens if any user creates a brand new database, adds a few records and tries to create a report.

Is there anyway I could have (by accident!) turned off the reporting of wizard features through VBA? Well maybe that would have affected all the computers and not just a few...

cheers!

dj_T

 

[vbaInet]

Tis quite strange.

They are all MDBs or you have a mixture of MDEs and MDBs?

I am not aware of a way of "turning of" the wizard so the chances of that happening is zero.