Control Source Data Question

[walt44]

High everyone!
The problem I am running into is I have an Access Database that has been storing a number of items and has been doing great. But I just recently created and added a new Report with a text Box. In this field or text box, I am trying too get a value to be displayed that when data is entered it will spit out the entered data and display it with and * in the front and back. For example... I run the report, it asks me to input the data, I type in 1234, I then want this data to be returned to me in a separate text box in that same report with with the value *1234*. I want it to do this every time I run this report, but I am not sure what the correct string is to place into the Data Control Source Field under that Text Boxes Property Sheet.

This is what I have entered in it so far with no luck = "*" & [Tag] & "*"

If anyone can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[cjard]

Is your question in any way at all related to the VB.NET programming language? i.e. Do you open an app called Visual Studio or Visual Basic Express to do your coding? Or do you open an app called Microsoft Access?

If it's the latter, you'll need to ask your question elsewhere; this forum is for people who write in vb.net, and have questions about using access (jet) databases in the vb.net app

 

[walt44]

Yes I use VB.NET in the Access program but it is not being used in this issue I am experiencing. I had an account here is reason I asked but I will move the question to a different forum if needed.

Thanks.

 

[JohnH]

Since the question is not related to VB.Net development I'm closing the thread.