[AccessD] Creating a Spreadsheet from a Report

Thanks.  Gotta think about this approach.

Rocky
 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Collins
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:55 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Spreadsheet from a Report


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Rocky,

Easiest way is to use a template which has the report already laid out on
it.  Then you need to have some hidden helper sheets

One (or more sheets) you dump the access / database data into either via a
view / query / table.  This will give you the data you need to make the
report.  Often this can only be a few lines depending on the complexity of
the outcomes.

Then you write code in the template that pull the data from the hidden
helper sheets and populates the report.

Another more useful way is this.

Create an Excel workbook with hooks into your database.  This way the user
can update the report 'live' and any database changes are immediately pulled
into the XL report.  You can even have the user changes in Excel feed back
into the database if you want, although I rarely do this.  Generally I have
Excel as a 'read only' report.

You can then write code in Excel to create a 'stand alone' report for
emailing etc.  You want the users to do this, rather than emailing the live
version, which will fail once it cannot talk to the database anymore.  It
also stops folks for stuffing up the data.

If you need examples, email me offist and I will send you a couple of
workbooks I have that do exactly this.

Regards
Darryl.
 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2010 7:10 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Creating a Spreadsheet from a Report

Dear List:

I have a client who wants one of the reports in my app to be exported as a
spreadsheet.  But nota flat file.  She wants the spreadsheet to look like
the report - header line, details with their own fields headings, plus two
other sub reports.  

I've done this with other reports on a cell by cell basis where the Transfer
method won't work.  Big PITA.  Is there an easier way to do this?

 

MTIA

Rocky

 

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