Custom Format - QUOTES - blank when 0

[sara]

I've looked at all the posts I could and don't see the solution.
I am aware that the format to get a BLANK when the number is 0 is:

$ #,###.00;($ #,###.00);""

But I can't, for the life of me, get it to work in the following VBA
string. I have a total field that is 0 unless there's a total. I want
the user to see BLANK if it's zero (that's how they think of it).

thanks
sara

strSQL = " SELECT tblFreightBill.FreightBillKey,
tblFreightCo.FreightCo, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillNum, tblFreightBill.Freight, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillDate,
tblFreightBill.DateBillEntered," _
& " format(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt,
'$#,##0.00;($#,##0.00);""";""" ' _
& " tblFreightBill.POKey " _
& " FROM tblFreightCo " _
& " INNER JOIN tblFreightBill " _
& " ON tblFreightCo.FreightCOKey = tblFreightBill.FreightCoKey
" _
& " WHERE tblFreightBill.POKey= " & lngPOKey & ";"

[MGFoster]

sara wrote:

I've looked at all the posts I could and don't see the solution.
I am aware that the format to get a BLANK when the number is 0 is:

$ #,###.00;($ #,###.00);""

But I can't, for the life of me, get it to work in the following VBA
string. I have a total field that is 0 unless there's a total. I want
the user to see BLANK if it's zero (that's how they think of it).

thanks
sara

strSQL = " SELECT tblFreightBill.FreightBillKey,
tblFreightCo.FreightCo, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillNum, tblFreightBill.Freight, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillDate,
tblFreightBill.DateBillEntered," _
& " format(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt,
'$#,##0.00;($#,##0.00);""";""" ' _
& " tblFreightBill.POKey " _
& " FROM tblFreightCo " _
& " INNER JOIN tblFreightBill " _
& " ON tblFreightCo.FreightCOKey = tblFreightBill.FreightCoKey
" _
& " WHERE tblFreightBill.POKey= " & lngPOKey & ";"

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Zero is considered a positive number and, therefore, will be formatted
according to the format you gave for positive numbers.

You should leave the formatting to the display layer (forms & reports)
not the data retrieval layer (queries).

To substitute an empty string: Instead of using the Format() function
use an IIF() function in the display layer (the ControlSource property
of a control):

=IIf(FAKAmt=0,NULL,FAKAmt)

NULL will display as a blank.
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MGFoster:::mgf00 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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[Clint Stowers]

MGFoster wrote:

sara wrote:

I've looked at all the posts I could and don't see the solution.
I am aware that the format to get a BLANK when the number is 0 is:

$ #,###.00;($ #,###.00);""

One of a few possible solutions to your problem may be just to set the
Control holding the value to Visible = False. Just Hide the control.

But don't forget to turn it back on again if >0

Just a thought

[sara]

Thanks for the quick response.

I wasn't clear, I guess. I am not formatting the data in a control,
but for a list box.

Should I try to find the value, set it (as you say, 0, blank, whatever
I can figure out) in a variable and then put the variable in my strSQL
for the listbox?

Overall, my users will be totally confused if they see "0" (or $0.00),
so I want to just have the column blank.

Will that even work?

Sara
MGFoster wrote:

sara wrote:

I've looked at all the posts I could and don't see the solution.
I am aware that the format to get a BLANK when the number is 0 is:

$ #,###.00;($ #,###.00);""

But I can't, for the life of me, get it to work in the following VBA
string. I have a total field that is 0 unless there's a total. I want
the user to see BLANK if it's zero (that's how they think of it).

thanks
sara

strSQL = " SELECT tblFreightBill.FreightBillKey,
tblFreightCo.FreightCo, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillNum, tblFreightBill.Freight, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillDate,
tblFreightBill.DateBillEntered," _
& " format(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt,
'$#,##0.00;($#,##0.00);""";""" ' _
& " tblFreightBill.POKey " _
& " FROM tblFreightCo " _
& " INNER JOIN tblFreightBill " _
& " ON tblFreightCo.FreightCOKey = tblFreightBill.FreightCoKey
" _
& " WHERE tblFreightBill.POKey= " & lngPOKey & ";"

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Zero is considered a positive number and, therefore, will be formatted
according to the format you gave for positive numbers.

You should leave the formatting to the display layer (forms & reports)
not the data retrieval layer (queries).

To substitute an empty string: Instead of using the Format() function
use an IIF() function in the display layer (the ControlSource property
of a control):

=IIf(FAKAmt=0,NULL,FAKAmt)

NULL will display as a blank.
--
MGFoster:::mgf00 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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[MGFoster]

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For a ListBox RowSource you can use the IIf() function, I posted
earlier, in the query's SELECT clause:

.. . .

& " IIf(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt=0,NULL,FAKAmt) As Amt" & _
" tblFreightBill.POKey " _

.. . .

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Oakland, CA (USA)

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sara wrote:

Thanks for the quick response.

I wasn't clear, I guess. I am not formatting the data in a control,
but for a list box.

Should I try to find the value, set it (as you say, 0, blank, whatever
I can figure out) in a variable and then put the variable in my strSQL
for the listbox?

Overall, my users will be totally confused if they see "0" (or $0.00),
so I want to just have the column blank.

Will that even work?

Sara
MGFoster wrote:

sara wrote:

I've looked at all the posts I could and don't see the solution.
I am aware that the format to get a BLANK when the number is 0 is:

$ #,###.00;($ #,###.00);""

But I can't, for the life of me, get it to work in the following VBA
string. I have a total field that is 0 unless there's a total. I want
the user to see BLANK if it's zero (that's how they think of it).

thanks
sara

strSQL = " SELECT tblFreightBill.FreightBillKey,
tblFreightCo.FreightCo, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillNum, tblFreightBill.Freight, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillDate,
tblFreightBill.DateBillEntered," _
& " format(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt,
'$#,##0.00;($#,##0.00);""";""" ' _
& " tblFreightBill.POKey " _
& " FROM tblFreightCo " _
& " INNER JOIN tblFreightBill " _
& " ON tblFreightCo.FreightCOKey = tblFreightBill.FreightCoKey
" _
& " WHERE tblFreightBill.POKey= " & lngPOKey & ";"

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Zero is considered a positive number and, therefore, will be formatted
according to the format you gave for positive numbers.

You should leave the formatting to the display layer (forms & reports)
not the data retrieval layer (queries).

To substitute an empty string: Instead of using the Format() function
use an IIF() function in the display layer (the ControlSource property
of a control):

=IIf(FAKAmt=0,NULL,FAKAmt)

NULL will display as a blank.
--
MGFoster:::mgf00 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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[sara]

PHENOMENAL!! Thanks!

Here's what I did and it works! Thanks so much. I didn't know you
could embed an If statement like this. Powerful.

Sara
.....
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillDate, tblFreightBill.DateBillEntered," _
& " IIf(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt=0,NULL,Format(FAKAmt,'$
#,###.00')) As Amt, " _
& " tblFreightBill.POKey " _
& " FROM tblFreightCo " _
.....
MGFoster wrote:

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For a ListBox RowSource you can use the IIf() function, I posted
earlier, in the query's SELECT clause:

. . .

& " IIf(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt=0,NULL,FAKAmt) As Amt" & _
" tblFreightBill.POKey " _

. . .

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Oakland, CA (USA)

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sara wrote:

Thanks for the quick response.

I wasn't clear, I guess. I am not formatting the data in a control,
but for a list box.

Should I try to find the value, set it (as you say, 0, blank, whatever
I can figure out) in a variable and then put the variable in my strSQL
for the listbox?

Overall, my users will be totally confused if they see "0" (or $0.00),
so I want to just have the column blank.

Will that even work?

Sara
MGFoster wrote:

sara wrote:

I've looked at all the posts I could and don't see the solution.
I am aware that the format to get a BLANK when the number is 0 is:

$ #,###.00;($ #,###.00);""

But I can't, for the life of me, get it to work in the following VBA
string. I have a total field that is 0 unless there's a total. I want
the user to see BLANK if it's zero (that's how they think of it).

thanks
sara

strSQL = " SELECT tblFreightBill.FreightBillKey,
tblFreightCo.FreightCo, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillNum, tblFreightBill.Freight, " _
& " tblFreightBill.FreightBillDate,
tblFreightBill.DateBillEntered," _
& " format(tblFreightBill.FAKAmt,
'$#,##0.00;($#,##0.00);""";""" ' _
& " tblFreightBill.POKey " _
& " FROM tblFreightCo " _
& " INNER JOIN tblFreightBill " _
& " ON tblFreightCo.FreightCOKey = tblFreightBill.FreightCoKey
" _
& " WHERE tblFreightBill.POKey= " & lngPOKey & ";"
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Hash: SHA1

Zero is considered a positive number and, therefore, will be formatted
according to the format you gave for positive numbers.

You should leave the formatting to the display layer (forms & reports)
not the data retrieval layer (queries).

To substitute an empty string: Instead of using the Format() function
use an IIF() function in the display layer (the ControlSource property
of a control):

=IIf(FAKAmt=0,NULL,FAKAmt)

NULL will display as a blank.
--
MGFoster:::mgf00 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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