Help needed for Access Calendar controls

[chtheo1]

Morning Loungers!

Im getting to work on an MS ACCESS 2003 databse that uses a Calendar control, this is something i have never come accross before, and its causing a few headaches in the office.

There are 2 Calendar controls on one form, one for start date and one for end date, and a combo box for Department.

The idea being, that by clicking an appropriate start date (1/12/2009 for example) and an appropriate end date (30/12/2010) as well as a Department (Facilities)

The report should open up with all of the information for the Facilities Department for the month of December. However that does not seem to be the case,

I beleive my problem to be in getting the values from the calendar control into the query that the report is based upon.

using the "...Build" option in query builder doesnt show the Calendar Control in the options, and referenceing the names in an almost plausible way doesnt work either ([costdatecode].[startdate].value)
So, i was wondering if anyone here could give me a pointer or two as, like i said, im really rather stuck by all of this!

Thank you!

[johnhutchison]

When I use Calendars, I use the calendar to populate a textbox with a date, and it is the date in the text box that is used by the query.

[chtheo1]

that makes a lot of sense, and will also allow for a bit of validation by the user to make sure the date reads correctly.

[RetiredGeek]

Christopher,

Attached are a couple of documents I had stored away, don't remember where I got it, maybe it will help.

RG

[johnhutchison]

Here is a demo of a form with two textboxes. If you double click either, it opens a popup calendar. Double click a date in the calendar and the result is returned to the original textbox.

[attachment=89030:calendar.zip]

[chtheo1]

thanks guys, i will have to have a look when i get home, (after installing office) as i cant download things whilst at work.

you really have been a great help!