Parameter Value prompt for date

[msts]

When I run a report that has a text box containing the date function "Date
()" on the Page Header, I get a prompt to "Enter Parameter Value - Date". If
I don't put a date in, the result is "#Name?". Why can't it find the
current date?

 

[KARL DEWEY]

What about =Date() ?

 

[msts]

My bad - it is Date(). The report runs fine when another user runs the
report on their PC; it just doesn't run on mine. Almost as if it can't find
the current date somewhere on my PC.

 

[NTC]

KD's point was whether you have = as part of the syntax....you need it

 

[msts]

Yes, it is "=Date()"

KD's point was whether you have = as part of the syntax....you need it

 

[NTC]

whip a new form with nothing in it, and stick in an unbound text box with
=Date()

see if it works....

if so that other form is corrupt I guess...

 

[msts]

That still doesn't work on my PC. Interestingly, all of the reports work
without the promt for Parameter Value if another user runs them from their PC.

 

[John Spencer]

To do its job, Access makes use of various external program and object
libraries. If you move a database from one machine to another, these
references may be "broken" or if software is installed or updated the library
can be replaced with a different version.

When this happens, you need to take steps to let Access repair the
reference(s) ON THE COMPUTER WHERE THE FAILURE IS OCCURING.

Here are MVP Doug Steele's instructions for how to do it:

*** Quote ***

Any time functions that previously worked suddenly don't, the first thing to
suspect is a references problem.

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target machine).
Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you just
unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in and
reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out of
the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If that
doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected references
as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out of the dialog,
then go back in and reselect the references you just unselected. (NOTE: write
down what the references are before you delete them, because they'll be in a
different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html

Just so you know: the problem will occur even if the library that contains the
specific function that's failing doesn't have a problem.

**** End Quote ****

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2008
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

 

[msts]

Nevermind - I was able to fix it.

FYI - here is language from a "bugs" site -
http://www.mvps.org/access/bugs/bugs0001.htm

This is a common problem that users might face whenever they upgrade from
Office 95 to Office 97. Sometimes, Access loses references to libraries
containing the definitions to above and other functions, giving you the error
message.
Open a module go to Tools/references, check the list of references and find
the one that is marked missing, you will probably find that the file the
reference requires is either not on the machine or not registered (if it is
an OCX/DLL/Exe etc) or is in the wrong place (an Access Library database for
example).

I had to identify which checked reference was marked MISSING: and then
uncheck it.

Thanks for your efforts.