Microsoft KB Archive/231805

= ACC2000: Using Visual Basic Code to Collate and Print Two Reports =

Article ID: 231805

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q231805



This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

For a Microsoft Access 2002 version of this article, see 292461.



SUMMARY
This article describes a method that you can use to collate and print two reports. This method alternates two reports between the DoCmd.SelectObject and DoCmd.PrintOut Visual Basic methods.

NOTE: This article explains a technique demonstrated in the sample file RptSmp00.exe. For information about how to obtain this sample file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

231851 ACC2000: Microsoft Access Sample Reports Available in Download Center

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MORE INFORMATION
At times, you may want to print page 1 of one report and then collate that page with page 1 of another report. Opening the reports and printing each page individually requires the underlying query to run each time. An alternative method is to incorporate both reports in a main/sub report.

To collate and print two reports and to test the results, follow these steps:  Open the Northwind.mdb or the NorthwindCS.adp sample database.  Create a new module and type the following: '*********************************** 'Declarations section of the module '*********************************** Option Explicit '********************************************************************* 'NumPages is the number of pages in the largest report. If one report 'has fewer pages, the DoCmd.PrintOut statement for the smaller report 'runs correctly, and no additional pages are printed. '********************************************************************* Function CollateReports(NumPages, Rpt1 As String, Rpt2 As String) Dim MyPageNum As Integer

'Set the page number loop and alternate printing the report pages. For MyPageNum = 1 To NumPages 'NumPages is the number of pages to print. DoCmd.SelectObject acReport, Rpt1, True DoCmd.PrintOut acPages, MyPageNum, MyPageNum DoCmd.SelectObject acReport, Rpt2, True DoCmd.PrintOut acPages, MyPageNum, MyPageNum Next MyPageNum End Function   To test the results, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: ? CollateReports(1, "Sales by Category", "Sales Totals by Amount") Note that Microsoft Access prints one page from each report. 

