ACC: "Publish It with MS Word" Error Exporting Report with Subform (171174)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Access for Windows 95 7.0
  • Microsoft Access 97
This article was previously published under Q171174
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS

When you try to export a report with the "Publish It with MS Word" OfficeLinks command, you may receive the following message: 
   The Save As command can't process any subreports contained in your
   report.

   Do you want to proceed anyway?

If you respond to the message by clicking Yes or No, the report is exported without the subreport.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the report that you are exporting contains a subform instead of a subreport.

RESOLUTION

Re-create your main report and only include subreports.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior


  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
  2. Create a new report in Design view based on the Categories table.
  3. Save the report.
  4. On the Toolbox, click the Subform/Subreport button and drag the object to the detail section of the report to invoke the Subform/Subreport wizard.
  5. On the first screen of the wizard, click the Reports And Forms option.
  6. In the Reports And Forms list box, select the Products form, and then click Finish.
  7. On the File menu, click Print Preview.
  8. On the Tools menu, point to OfficeLinks, and then click "Publish It with MS Word".

    Once the wizard starts outputting the file, you receive the message described in the "Symptoms" section.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating subreports, search the Help Index for "subreports, creating," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/20/2003
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb kbusage KB171174
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