Make sure the text box is in the Report Header section, not the Page Header
section.
Try adding quotes, e.g.:
=Count("*")
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"seeker52" <akinfam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I receive an error 3464 when I put =count(*) in the controlsource of a
> textbox on the report header. The error is thrown at the filter
> created for the report when I docmd openreport. The error is not
> thrown if the =count(*) is not used. I want the textbox in the header
> of the report to show the number of records in the report.
>
> seeker53[/color]
