Events Available for Report Sections and When to Use Them

Just as the report itself has events, so does each section of the report. The three section events are the Format event, Print event, and Retreat event, covered in the following sections.

The Format Event

The Format event happens after Access has selected the data to be included in a report section, but before it formats or prints the data. With the Format event, you can affect the layout of the section or calculate the results of data in the section, before the section actually prints. Here's an example: