Start with the following code somewhere:
DoCmd.openReport ......
On Error Resume Next
The On Error code is necessary because Access will raise an error when you
cancel the report.
Put your code to open your form where users can select some filtering
parameters in the Report's Open event. The code would look like:
DoCmd.OpenForm "MyParameterForm",,,,,acDialog
If IsLoaded("MyParameterForm") = False Then
Cancel = True
End If
(You can find the code for the IsLoaded function in NorthWind's standard
modules.)
You will need a button on the form to Continue after the users select the
parameters. The Continue button code would be:
Me.Visible = False
Put the following code in the Cancel button's Click event:
DoCmd.Close acForm, "MyParameterForm"
Put the following code in the Report's Close event:
DoCmd.Close acForm, "MyParameterForm"
The form doesn't load unless you select parameters and Click the Continue
button so it won't prematurely pull up any data.
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"Denise" <dh98765@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> How do I get the report to not spend time pulling up the data when I'm
> going to bail out of the report anyway?
>
> Below is the code in my report. I first show the user a form where
> they can select some filtering parameters which I put in Getz's
> TaggedValues class. But they can hit a Cancel button if they decide
> they don't want any report. When I test the Cancel button I'd like the
> report to close immediately but it seems to spend some time pulling up
> data first.
>
> (I've tried to put docmd.Close in the Report_Open but that closes the
> whole database so I've been putting it in the Report_Activate.)
>
> The Record Source is a query and the report has no fields that are
> calculated, all fields are straight from the query.
>
> Any advice?
> THANKS!
>
> ----- Here is the code...
>
> Option Compare Database
> Option Explicit
> Public CloseNow As String ' I know boolean would be better
>
> Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel As Integer)
> Dim strMyFilter As String
> Dim tv As TaggedValues
>
> CloseNow = "No" ' Public string
>
> ' This form sets TaggedValues in both OK and Close
> ' buttons, then sets its Visibile = false
> DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSelectOpCheckVars", , , , , acDialog
>
> Set tv = New TaggedValues
> tv.Text = Forms!frmSelectOpCheckVars!txtMyTags.Tag
> ' Close the selection form
> DoCmd.Close acForm, "frmSelectOpCheckVars"
>
> If tv.Item("Canceled") = "Yes" Then
> MsgBox "Click OK to close. This may take a few seconds... ", ,
> "REPORT CLOSING"
> CloseNow = "Yes"
> Else
> ' set strMyFilter here...
> Me.Filter = strMyFilter
> Me.FilterOn = True
> End If ' end of If canceled = yes
>
> Set tv = Nothing
>
> End Sub
>
> Private Sub Report_Activate()
> If CloseNow = "Yes" Then
> DoCmd.Close
> End If
> End Sub
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Best practices for canceling out of a report? 
