Sorry, I don't have a lot of time today to read through the manual or check back postings - mea culpa.

Anyway, I have a report that works/looks great. Only issue is that my "Hours Worked" element doesn't print the same information from the element to the report.

Example: .25 hours is rounded down to 0; 1.5 is rounded up to 2. Not good considering the people that need this information wouldn't be getting it.

Easy fix? I hope!
Thanks again, and sorry I'm short on time
Fred

Display format: Custom
Decimal places: 2

The number "displays" as expected .25 or .5
When I do a Print current record (preview) the preview shows a 0 vs .25 or 1 vs .5.

Summary calc

if Total Eff Hrs >= 0 then begin
 Tot_E_Hrs = Elec * E_Hrs
 Tot_M_Hrs = Mech * M_Hrs
 Tot_W_Hrs = Weld * W_Hrs
 Tot_P_Hrs = Pipe * P_Hrs
 Tot_C_Hrs = Contractor * C_Hrs

 Total Eff Hrs = Tot_E_Hrs +
               Tot_M_Hrs +
               Tot_W_Hrs +
               Tot_P_Hrs +
               Tot_C_Hrs
 

 Total_Cost = Total Eff Hrs * 30
End

If a mechanic works on something for 1/4 hour, .25 is entered and Total Eff Hrs calcs to .25

There are no declared variables. Each element listed in the programing statement is a number element, except Total_Cost, which is money. The programing is an on element entry for a command button. All math calculations are correct and displayed correctly on the tab. When I expect a .25 to be displayed in the Total  Eff Hrs element, it is. No issues. The above programing is the ONLY programing dealing with these elements. I don't think the Writeln calls will show me anything since I'm only dealing with raw numbers and pretty straight-forward programing: a+b+c+d+e = f.

So, everything works and displays as anticipated. Just doesn't PRINT as DISPLAYED.

Yeah, SBasic, that's what I meant - summary calc is only in a report - I knew that!

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Actually, it is the multiplication that has me concerned:

Tot_E_Hrs = Elec * E_Hrs
  Tot_M_Hrs = Mech * M_Hrs
  Tot_W_Hrs = Weld * W_Hrs
  Tot_P_Hrs = Pipe * P_Hrs
  Tot_C_Hrs = Contractor * C_Hrs
 

Are all of these ("Tot_E_hrs", "Tot_M_hrs", etc...) elements? They look like intermediate values to me.

How big total (in bytes) are the .dat and .db files?

Can this wait until Ray gets in tomorrow?

If not, and the files are pretty small, I'll take a look at it tonight.

That was it - you asked the right questions about decimals - and I checked on the form, not the report. Talk about a brain-fa--!! ROFLMAO

I'll be more careful next time - honest! Rushed today.

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