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Hi folks,
In my query, I created a field to pass a value into to use for a calculation elsewhere. Everything works fine but when you run the query, it comes up wtih the name of the field I created which isn't very descriptive. I'd like to attach and description/message to the prompt so that it gives the user a better idea of what that parameter box is asking. i.e. #OTHours: [#OTHrs] When the [#OTHrs] field box pops up, I'd like to actually attach a description of "# of OT hours this month:" Thanks, |
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Try using
#OTHours: [# of OT hours this month:] If that's not what you want, another alternative is to open a form that has text boxes labelled as you want, then put a button on that form to launch the query. You'd point to the text boxes on the form using Forms!NameOfForm!NameOfControl -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "Alan" wrote in message ... Hi folks, In my query, I created a field to pass a value into to use for a calculation elsewhere. Everything works fine but when you run the query, it comes up wtih the name of the field I created which isn't very descriptive. I'd like to attach and description/message to the prompt so that it gives the user a better idea of what that parameter box is asking. i.e. #OTHours: [#OTHrs] When the [#OTHrs] field box pops up, I'd like to actually attach a description of "# of OT hours this month:" Thanks, |
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Thanks Douglas. I'll try that.
Alan "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Try using #OTHours: [# of OT hours this month:] If that's not what you want, another alternative is to open a form that has text boxes labelled as you want, then put a button on that form to launch the query. You'd point to the text boxes on the form using Forms!NameOfForm!NameOfControl -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "Alan" wrote in message ... Hi folks, In my query, I created a field to pass a value into to use for a calculation elsewhere. Everything works fine but when you run the query, it comes up wtih the name of the field I created which isn't very descriptive. I'd like to attach and description/message to the prompt so that it gives the user a better idea of what that parameter box is asking. i.e. #OTHours: [#OTHrs] When the [#OTHrs] field box pops up, I'd like to actually attach a description of "# of OT hours this month:" Thanks, |
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