Re: returning a value from a form

From: oldguy (engin.tarhan_at_kopiteknik.com.tr)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:09:23 +0200

Hi Jeff,

Many thanks for your reply. You're totally right in saying that there is
absolutely no way to ensure that the print action was *completed*
successfully. I was thinking of *forcing* the operator to take (at least to
try to) a printout. I assumed that, once the print job is started by the
operator, he/she will take it as a personal challenge to finish the print
job in the case of a misfeed, etc (straight psychology which works in a
majority of cases), and a retry will be made ( I have provided the means).

Anyway, I can see that this is quite difficult and unsure to maintain for
printouts, and I will try to use the method you have described. On the other
hand, is there a chance to return a value from a form when it's closed?
Currently I'm using a field on a table as a semaphore to pass result
information between forms, and although it works, it does not look like a
proper solution.

Best wishes,

Engin

"Jeff Boyce" <JeffBoyce_IF@msn.com-DISCARD_HYPHEN_TO_END> wrote in message
news:u2$6nh1FFHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Engin
>
> I've seen similar requests before, but don't think I've ever seen a
> "solution." Here's a couple reasons why...
>
> You send a <print> to the printer, but the printer is out of
> paper/ink/... -- is your printer smart enough to know that it didn't
> print,
> and can it tell your PC?
>
> You send a <print> to the printer and it "grabs" three sheets of paper
> (humidity must be up today) and spreads your print page across all three.
> Even if you printer is smart enough to know that it DID print and can tell
> your PC, and your PC can tell Access, you still didn't get what you
> wanted,
> right?!
>
> The kinds of solutions I've seen here involve adding code to ask the USER
> if
> s/he got printed what s/he wanted, then using that answer to indicate
> "successful printing".
>
> --
> Good luck
>
> Jeff Boyce
> <Access MVP>
>
> "oldguy" <engin.tarhan@kopiteknik.com.tr> wrote in message
> news:ePzZdKzFFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Using Access 2002 on WinXP.
>>
>> In one of the event procedures of Form1, I'm opening Form2, which has a
>> Print button which opens a report (if the user clicks a button) which
>> must
>> be printed for the operation to continue.
>>
>> It's possible to return from Form2 without opening the report.
>>
>> I want to be able to determine whether the report is printed or not.
>>
>> I could not find anywhere (well, in the help, or on the Internet) which
>> tells me if it's possible to return a value (a boolean or an integer or a
>> string) from a report and/or form, and if yes, how.
>>
>> Any hint will be sufficient (I hope), and will be warmly welcome.
>>
>> Engin.
>>
>>
>>
>