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    warmslime is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Problem with Greek characters in report

    Hi guys, so I'm using this database and it's in Greek. I'm trying to create a report using the report wizard this way (to create sub-sums)


    http://imgur.com/FutXliy.jpg
    http://imgur.com/OeitZSv.jpg
    http://imgur.com/EcyMKMB.jpg
    http://imgur.com/T5FIYaX.jpg

    And it just doesn't work.
    Instead of the standard text Summary for 'X' = Y (Z records found) it just shows #Type.
    I know for a fact that it's the Greek characters that are to blame for this because when I renamed the "grouping field" to an English name and repeated the process it worked perfectly. Any ideas? Non-english characters otherwise work just fine with Access.

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    NTC is offline VIP
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    not a fix; but a work around is instead of making the report sourced on a table; instead source it on a query; make a query that adds a new field which = the field in question but give it an alias name in English...and see if you can sum that in the report.....and then just modify the title labeling....

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    warmslime is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Quote Originally Posted by NTC View Post
    not a fix; but a work around is instead of making the report sourced on a table; instead source it on a query; make a query that adds a new field which = the field in question but give it an alias name in English...and see if you can sum that in the report.....and then just modify the title labeling....
    Hi, thanks for the reply, you're right, I actually took it a step further and renamed all the fields of the original table with English characters, and then I simply gave them Greek captions. Then when I created the report with the report wizard I edited the texts to have them output the caption names, not the field names. Not an ideal workaround, but it works.
    In case anyone else has the same problem, I was informed it's not an issue in the Greek version of Office... otherwise the above workaround works just fine for me.

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