DataReport form can't catch a var???

Hi all...

I'm sending along a var -- a string really -- to a DataReport page. Therein, I'll use it to check for a match in my Access dbase to run a record set.

The thing is, the DataReport form wont catch that var???

Here's the code...

Code:

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sending the var here....

Private Sub cmdReport_Click()

    taskName = cmbClientList.Text
    ' this makes the comboList current text name a var to pass to the Reports page...
   
    Debug.Print "sending taskName as " & taskName
   

    DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName)
   

    ' send the app to the report form with proper vars already there...
       
    DataReport1.Show
    ' show the report form


End Sub

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and then this is the setup script on the DataReports form...

Code:

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Public clientName As String
Public taskName As String

Public Sub SetupRecord(clientName)

 On Error GoTo ErrHandler
 
    Dim cnCater As ADODB.Connection
    Dim rsCater As ADODB.Recordset
    Dim sSql As String
   
    Set cnCater = SetConnection
    Set rsCater = SetRecordset
   
    cnCater.Open
   
    Dim strDate1 As String
    strDate1 = frmMainPage.ReportStart.Value
    ' grab start date from DTPicker start
   
    Dim strDate2 As String
    strDate2 = frmMainPage.ReportEnd.Value
    ' grab end date from DTPicker end
       
    Debug.Print "catching " & taskName
       
   
    sSql = "SELECT [username], [name], item, [day], timein, timeout, totalhours, comments, rate, (rate * totalhours) AS totals FROM clients WHERE done = TRUE AND [name] = '" & taskName & "' AND [day] BETWEEN #" & strDate1 & "# AND #" & strDate2 & "#"
   
         
   
    rsCater.Open sSql, cnCater, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
    ' open that rs with that sql string...
   
    Set Me.DataSource = rsCater
    ' set the report to this datasource...
   
    clientName = rsCater.Fields("username")
   
    Me.Sections("section4").Controls("lblclientNameHolder").Caption = "for: " & clientName
    ' add personalization to top section here...
   
   
    Me.Sections("section3").Controls("lbltaskName").Caption = "TASKNAME PASSED IS " & taskName
    ' testing to see what was passed along...so far NOTHING!!!
   
ErrHandler:
   
    ' MsgBox "Sorry, there are no records on any completed tasks within that timeframe!", vbExclamation
   
   
    Exit Sub
 
End Sub

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When it runs, and I select a client name --which properly shows up in the Immediate window, it never reaches the DataReports form....???

Help here guys, what am I missing?

Jim

Debug.Print "sending taskName as " & taskName
DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName)

So, how is the data report going to get taskname?
Setuprecord passes only clientname.
If you intend to pass it directly on account of the report declaration:
Public taskName As String
then it's
Datarepot1.taskname = cmbClientList.Text

Okay, I copied that line and pasted it inside the Setup sub...

And now when I choose a name from the comboList, I get an error that says --

Compile Error -- Variable not Defined

and it points at this line in the DataReport

Public Sub SetupRecord(clientName)


???


Jim

Hi,
I meant this in the:
Sub cmdReport_Click()
Datareport1.taskname = cmbClientList.Text
DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName)
DataReport1.Show
end sub

Incidentally, I had originally mispelled Datareport1.

Just tried that, and while I now get no runtime errors etc.....

The taskName is STILL not passed along. It does not appear in either the debug.print item nor even the label I've got on the report form itself...

So...what else might be doing this? I've already shown the total code for the report above...

Any other ideas?

Jim

Ok, I tried this instead and it works. Simply Pass taskname in the function
Sub cmdReport_Click()
....
DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName, taskname)
etc
end sub

in the report:
Public Sub SetupRecord(clientName, taskname)
etc.

Ummm...

Tried that yesterday. Just did it again...and I've ensured that I typed it correctly etc.


But when I then select a name in the comboList...and then click on the command button to take me to the report...I get an error that says it's a compile error...it hilites the Sub cmdReport_Click()and points to this line...

DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName,taskName)

Why is that? Since when can you only pass 1 var via an argument to a sub...even if it's on a dataReport?

Geez...now I'm really lost...



Jim

It's simply due to vb's damn loose syntax rules that we're forgetting about. Leave out the parantheses for subs:
DataReport1.SetupRecord clientName, taskName
Or
Call DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName,taskName)

I just discovered (experimenting) that vb allows parantheses if it's only one argument:
DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName)
but not with two:
DataReport1.SetupRecord (clientName,taskName)

Stupid, isn't it?

:)

thanks Ralph...

that's an odd one...

I'm gonna try and go back later today, and see if I've done that kind of double or triple passing of args before using ()....

Seems to me I have....but I'll post my findings here....

And thanks...code runs fine now!

Jim