PRA: RunningSum Property Calculates Incorrect Values

Article ID: Q120729
Creation Date: 19-SEP-1994
Revision Date: 07-NOV-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

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

If a text box's ControlSource property setting specifies an Access Basic function, the value calculated by the text box's RunningSum property will not be correct.

RESOLUTION

There are two workarounds for this problem:

Change the function specified in the text box's ControlSource property by adding 0 (zero). For example, change
```
      ControlSource: =RunningTest()
```
to:
```
      ControlSource: =RunningTest() + 0
```
- or -
Specify a query, instead of the Access Basic function, in the text box's ControlSource property setting. Place the Access Basic function in the Field row in the query grid, and then use the query as the report's record source.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access version 2.0. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access for Windows 95 version 7.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Problem

Open the sample database NWIND.MDB and create a new module. Enter the following sample function in the module:
```
      Function RunningTest()
        RunningTest = 8
      End Function
```
Create a blank new report based on the Orders table.
From the View menu, choose Sorting And Grouping.
In the first Field/Expression row, select Employee ID.

Add the following three text boxes in the report's detail section:

      Name: Test1
         ControlSource: = RunningTest()
         RunningSum: No
      Name: Test2
         ControlSource: = RunningTest()
         RunningSum: Over Group
      Name: Test3
         ControlSource: = RunningTest()
         RunningSum: Over All

Preview the report. Note that the values in the report do not increase cumulatively, as you expect.

REFERENCES

For more information about the RunningSum property, search for "RunningSum," and then "RunningSum Property" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

Microsoft Access "User's Guide," version 2.0, Chapter 21, "Designing Reports," pages 529-580

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