Auto Number with Date

[Vethra]

Good morning everyone,

Just wondering how I can create a auto generating number with today's date in it.

Here is an example.

I want textbox1 in my form to have a automatically generated ID.

(yymmdd-00)
150722-01
150722-02
150722-03
150722-04


and so on.... for each new report.

Is it possible to do this through my ID in my table?

Thanks,
Dilan

[ranman256]

you dont need to, autonumber creates a value with NO code.

Tho for your method, you would have to FORCE users to enter data from a form but NOT directly into the table. You'd need an 'entry' table, to verify the counter.
The form can get the date easy, but when the user clicks SAVE, it must ping the table for the current count, add 1, then build the key to be saved, then append the saved data.

private btnSave_Click()
   dim vDate, vKey
   dim iNum as integer

  vDate  =format( Date(),"yymmdd")
  vKey= dMax("[Key],"table", vDate)
  inum = mid(vKey, instrrev(vKey,"-")+1)
  txtKey = vDate &  & format(iNum + 1,"00")
   
  docmd.openquery "qaPostData2Tbl"
end sub

again , lots of code that can break, when you only need autonum to do the job code free.