I need to have these values occupy the same physical space on the report.
Does this mean that if one value is there and not the other you don't want data sometimes showing as if left justified and other times as right justified because data is in either the left or right control? Then you need to hide the 2 controls and add a calculated textbox on the report: =[txtLeft] & " " & [txtRight]
The red part inserts space or whatever you'd need to separate the two values. If you left justify the text in this control, if the left value is Null, the right data will be left justified. If the right is Null, same. If both are there, same.
You should still base a report (and most of the time, forms) on a query as suggested.
- "doesn't work" is no help.Error #s/text do. State what's happening.
- Use code tags for code/sql; show where errors occur
Make all suggested changes in copies of your database or to its objects