Duane,
Thanks for geeting back to me again.
I've been looking at what you said, and I understand the principle of your
coding.
I know in your code you show a start and end date, which I don't have and
this also has the DateDiff formula attached to it.
I see the various tests that I have as a replacement to the start date, but
if I only have one date per test per form, can you tell me please would I
need a different formula to DateDiff and because I have more than one date
would I need the same line repeated for each test?
Many thanks for taking the time to help me.
Regards
Chris
"Duane Hookom" wrote:
If you aren't concerned about changing the length of the text box, you won't
need to set the lngDuration or later the
Me.txtName.Width =10
and
Me.txtName.Width = (lngDuration * dblFactor)
The lngStart value will set where horizontally the text box will be
positioned on the time line (left to right).
"have one date as dd mmm yy" isn't important. The format a date is displayed
makes no difference with what happens in code. A date value is a date value
is a date value.
--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
"ir26121973" wrote in message
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Duane,
I've taken a look at the database and I agree with you that it is the sort
of report I need but I wondered whether you could help me out with
something.
I'm really new to VB, (you can probably tell), so please bear with me.
There are 2 lines of code that I'm having a spot of bother with.
lngStart = DateDiff("d", #1/1/2006#, Me.[Start Date])
lngDuration = DateDiff("d", Me.[Start Date], Me.[End Date])
I understand the principal but I'm not sure how to amke the changes to fit
what I need.
I know the above code related a tour of duty i.e. between 2 dates. However
with the database I have I have seperate tasks which are carried out for
each
form and they only have one date as dd mmm yy.
So I'm not sure whether I need to repeat these lines many times for each
test and whether I should be using something different to the DateDiff
element.
Could you perhaps point me in the right direction.
Many thanks
Chris
"ir26121973" wrote:
OK Duane,
I'll have a look at it.
Many thanks once again
Chris
"Duane Hookom" wrote:
Sounds like the crew rotation schedule in the Calendar Report samples.
--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
"ir26121973" wrote in message
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Duane, thanks for hanging in there with me and taking the time to
read my
posts it is greatly appereciated.
I'm going to try and explain what i would like, hopefully better
The database is used to collate tests which are carried out on
e-forms
that
I use.
These tests can be carried out on anyday throughout the financial
year.
Within the database I have use a data entry form where I fill out the
description of each e-form along with the dates that these tests are
carried
out.
For the ease of explaining I will use e-form 1 and e-form 2 as an
example,
although there are more. For these forms there is a total of 2 tests,
again
for ease, I'll call these test 1 and test 2.
What I need is a report if you imagine marked out like a grid with
every
day
in the year going across the top and then the names of the e-forms
running
down the left hand side.
I would like the dates of the tests that I have entered to be shown
in the
relevant dates on the report as different coloured blocks, so e.g.
test 1
will be red and test 2 green.
Does this give you a better idea?
Regards
Chris
"Duane Hookom" wrote:
If you can't adequately describe your desired display then you might
want
to
find a site that would host an image for free. I google this and got
lots
of
hits.
--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
"ir26121973" wrote in message
...
Duane,
There's no doubt in my mind that your database samples can point
me in
the
right direction, like you said it just how to apply them to what i
need. I
do
have a limited knowledge of access, but my experience is getting
better
as
time goes on.
I've obviously got a file of how I want the report to look but
haven't
got
a
clue where to post it. Not done this sort of thing before.
Any ideas?
Regards
Chris
"Duane Hookom" wrote:
I'm fairly sure all the information is there in one of the
reports.
You
just
have to understand how to apply it. You want dates across the
top, my
sample
has dates across the top. You want records to be displayed under
specific
dates, my sample prints record information under specific dates.
Can you draw out your desired display in Paint Brush or Excel or
whatever
and post it on the web somewhere so we can understand what you
mean?
--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
"ir26121973" wrote in
message
...
Duane,
As I said last night, thanks for this.
I've had a look at this today and it's not quite what I would
like.
I'll try and explain a little better.
The report that you pointed me to shows the timeline across the
top
but
what
I really need, if possible is for the dates for the relevant
activities
against my categories, (which will be in a query in the
background)
to
be
populated under the relevant date in the timeline. Almost as if
you
were
filling in cells in excel
I'm not even sure whether there is a way to export this into
excel
and
for
that to create a table in Excel?
Hope this helps
Many thanks
Chris
"Duane Hookom" wrote:
Check the Calendar reports at
http://www.access.hookom.net/Samples.htm.
--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
"ir26121973" wrote in
message
...
Hi,
I don't even know whether this can be done, but I wonder if
someone
can
help
please.
I have the following information in an access query:
Date Started Date Tested
Date
Finished
Test 14/08/06 30/09/06
31/12/06
Live 01/01/06 31/10/06
31/01/07
I would like this to be able to be shown as a timetable, if
you
can
imagine
looking like a hotel reservation screen, where there is a
timeline
across
the
top and blocks of colour to highlight the paticular dates
for the
two
categories.
Can anyone help please. I'm not sure whether this may even
be
better
in
Excel.
Many thanks
Chris