Hiding records on reports by checkbox on form

[oliaccount]

Hi, I'm in the proccess of buliding a new database. Its purpose is to store
various organisation contact details and then to produce reports based on
this that can be printed onto sticky labels. This much or basically finished.
However, we naturally don't want to print the whole database every time, so
I'm using a checkbox on the interface form that will filter the report so
that only checked records are prepared for printing. Can anyone tell what
code I need to use to do this, and where? I've tried various methods, but
nothing seems to work. I'm using accesss 2003 by the way. Thanks.

 

[Allen Browne]

Presumably you added a yes/no field to your table, so you can check the box
for the records to print?

If so, create a query using this table.
In the Criteria row under your yes/no field, enter:
True
The query shows only those records where the box is checked.

Now set the RecordSource property of your report to the name of this query.

 

[oliaccount]

Solved it with a macro to open the report on a command button with the
following code:
[Labelling Query]![checkbox]=True
Thanks for the tip though, I forgot that yes/no could be so simply used. All
my efforts were clearly overcomplicated. Thanks, I'll keep that one.