Access 2003 - conditional formatting

[wongray]

Hi,

I have an access question.

it is possible to set a formula in access to check the current date - the date field.?

Kindly advise.

Regards
Raymond

[r035198x]

Hi,

I have an access question.

it is possible to set a formula in access to check the current date - the date field.?

Kindly advise.

Regards
Raymond

Hi and welcome to TSDN. Hope you have a great time here. I'll move this to the access forum.

[tdw]

Hi,

I have an access question.

it is possible to set a formula in access to check the current date - the date field.?

Kindly advise.

Regards
Raymond

When you say "check the current date, what do you mean? Do you want a form to automatically fill in the current date? If so you would set the default value for that field to =date()

[missinglinq]

Your subject line includes conditonal formatting. What do you want Access to do in relation to the date?

[wongray]

Your subject line includes conditonal formatting. What do you want Access to do in relation to the date?

Thanks for all the feedback. Sorry if i say it wrong.

What I would like to do is to use the "Conditiona l formatting" in access 2003 to hightlight the color if the datefield in my data is over the current date. if the current date is over the datefield, it will turn into different color in my report.

Hope this explain better. thank you

[missinglinq]

I'm sorry, but you're still not being terribly clear.

hightlight the color if the datefield in my data is over the current date. if the current date is over the datefield, it will turn into different color

Not sure what you mean by "over" and you first state "data is over the current date" then "current date is over the datefield." But I think this will cover it.

In the Conditional Format Dialog box, under Condition select Field Value

Then for cases where the datefield value falls after today's date put
Greater Than -- Date()

For cases where the datefield value falls before today's date put
Less Than -- Date()

Good Luck!

Linq

[wongray]

Thank you all - it works

[missinglinq]

Glad we could help! ;0)>