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    "Incorrect Data Type" error

    I have set up a query to select a Soc.Sec. number and a specific date from my payroll file. The user is requested to enter both of these and they are put into variables var->socsec and var->wkend (Ending date for the pay period). I used the query genie to generate these queries and saved them to use when a specific button is pushed. I have two separate queries for these items and when run by themselves, and not part of the button script, everything is OK and the proper record is selected. When I try to attach them to the button, I get an "Incorrect Data Type" error BUT...If I click on IGNORE the script works as planned and the proper record is again selected! With the two separate queries, I get two error windows, one after the other. What am I doing wrong and how do I get rid of those darn error windows??
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    Howard, Sounds like your variables are not of the same type as the fields they are supposed to filter. To test it try declaring your variables as global and proper type when the form opens, then drag the variables right onto the form. Remove any other scripting you may have to set the value of the variables. Open the form and type your search values directly into the two variable fields you have just placed on the form. This will assure that the variable types will absolutly match the field types. Now run you button script. If it works all you have to do modify the user dat entry method to what ever you want. If it does not work at least you will know that your problem does not lie in miss matched variable and field types.
    Jeff

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      Jeff, thanks for your response. The value of the two variables is set when the user enters the data in the dialog box. They have been declared global and the var->Wkend is type "date" and the var->SocSec is type "Character". The fields that they reference for the query are the same type as the variables. I will "experiment" with your ideas and let you know how it works out.
      Howard

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        Have you tried the debugger to see where the error occurs? Might help.

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          Howard, is it possible for you to zip your files together and post them here? -- tom

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            Thanks for the reply, but....at my level of knowledge the debugger is still a mystery. The problem turned out to be something simple....I had a filter attached to the "letter" as well as trying to use a query to accomplish the same thing. Guess I better start looking over my own documentation a bit closer...
            Howard.

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              Tom, thanks for the offer, but I would have to "sanitize" the files due to social security numbers and employee information contained therein. The problem turned out to be of my own doing. I had attached a filter to the "letter" to select only a single date and soc. sec. number BUT...I also attached a query to the button used to print a check, to do the same thing. I removed the query from the button script and now the program comes up with a single record, like it should, without any errors. Thanks again for offering your valuable time.
              Howard

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