Error with simple autonumber

[cfobare79]

I have a report that I was trying to create a difficult Report Numbering System for. I decided to make it easy by creating a single text box that would create an autonumber for each report that was open then I could just merge that number with some other text boxes to create my Report Number. For some reason I can't get the auto number to work. 1) I created a text box. 2) I set the control source to =1 3) I set the running Sum to Over All. Does anyone have a suggestions?

[orange]

See this for info on autonumbers

[June7]

What does 'can't get the auto number to work' mean - error message, wrong results, nothing happens?

That is not an autonumber (as in an autonumber field in table). That is just a calculated textbox on report that will calculate a sequential value for each record on the report. The calculation is dynamic and not saved anywhere. Each open report will calculate this value independent of other reports so can see the same numbers on each report.

[cfobare79]

It is just showing "1" in the text box. From your comment June7 it sounds like this process isn't going to help me. Is there another easy was to get a simple increased number on a report?

[June7]

This sounds like generating a custom unique identifier. This means saving data into a table, searching for the last saved value and incrementing for new record. This is a common topic in form.