Putting a check box on and Access Report

Question

i am trying to build a check box into and access report which will allow the user to select the desired records from a areport. Unfortunately, upon clicking on the box, the box is highlighted but the check mark does not arrive. Does anyone know how to fix this. ? Thanks

Answer 1

In my opinion, you have the wrong approach by trying to use a report as your source. Most important, a report is "Read-Only", thus you would never be able to just click and change the state of an object to select a record. try it - you can't change any fields. This is the second time you have asked this same question in this forum, so you may want to rethink the approach.

Can you somehow get a report to function? Sure, but the solution is insane (IMO). Why not create a FORM, have the user select whatever rows they want, then click a "Produce Report" button?

Answer 2

Resolution workaround: a txt box (linked to an underlying field in the table) where upon clicking the box the field gets updated. With conditional formatting the box changes colour allowing a nice visual aspect for its user.. PS - use double click event to undo the update...

Private Sub DeepDive_Click() CurrentDb.Execute "update tblContactReporting03 set DeepDive='yes' where [ID]=" & Me.ID Me.Requery End Sub