View Single Post
  #4  
Old May 14th, 2010, 03:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
FrankTimJr
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 18
Default List Box Percentage Formatting

Worked like a charm!! Can I do the same for "Currency"? I'll give it a shot!

Thanks again.

"John W. Vinson" wrote:

On Thu, 13 May 2010 16:58:01 -0700, FrankTimJr
wrote:

Why does a percentage formatted field in my query used for the list box show
up as a decimal rather than a percentage? I have the fields formatted in the
underlying query as "Percentage" with 1 decimal.

E.G. What should be showing up as 9.4% is showing up as 0.0942212345829.

How do I fix this??
Frank


That number is the actual value. 0.094 and 9.4% are just two ways of
displaying the same number! A table or query format property will not carry
over into a listbox (or an export to Word, or lots of other things).

Try putting a calculated field in the Query:

ShowPct: Format([fieldname], "Percent")

and display that calculated field in the listbox. You won't be able to do
calculations with the listbox's value if this is the bound column.
--

John W. Vinson [MVP]
.