How to Auto Generate a Primary Key everytime i print a report page in MS Acces

[sinfulm3]

I have a MS Access 2003 database that i want to automate generating of an autonumber ID everytime i print.

Example: I have a table Workorders with a WorkorderID which is a Primary Key and Autonumber. I want to have a print button wherein if i have to print 50 pages, all the 50 pages report will have different WorkorderID(inc rementing) on it.

Or is this possible in a Query?

[Stewart Ross]

Hi.

I have a MS Access 2003 database that i want to automate generating of an autonumber ID everytime i print.

Autonumbers are used to identify unique rows in a table. Without knowing why you need to generate a new ID every time you print we can't advise you how to do it.

Reports are generally passive documents which summarise entries made; your requirement to change something each time you run the report is not easy to interpret. Can you tell us a bit more about what it is you need, and perhaps post some example data?

Or is this possible in a Query?

Can't say for sure about what can or cannot be done in a query given that it is not clear what you need, but generating new IDs as such - no.

-Stewart

[sinfulm3]

Hi.

Autonumbers are used to identify unique rows in a table. Without knowing why you need to generate a new ID every time you print we can't advise you how to do it.

Reports are generally passive documents which summarise entries made; your requirement to change something each time you run the report is not easy to interpret. Can you tell us a bit more about what it is you need, and perhaps post some example data?

Can't say for sure about what can or cannot be done in a query given that it is not clear what you need, but generating new IDs as such - no.

-Stewart

hello sir. i've made a new post with an attachment of what i want to happen.

this is the title of the post "MS Access New Record and Printing VBA Codes"

thanks.

[9815402440]

hi
if you just want to display serial number (incremented by given number) then you can use shape command. make a recordset using shape command as follows
"shape {select * from Table1} append new adDouble numSrNo"
use following loop then
i=1
while not rst.eof
rst.fields("num SrNo").value = i
i=i+1
rst.movenext
wend
now bind the control with datareport

regards
manpreet singh dhillon hoshiarpur