Reminder for Action Closure Date Overdue (5 Days)

Question

Hi guys, I have 3 columns: Action Start Date, Planned Closure Date & Real Closure Date in my application called Employee Actions Manager developed by using VB.Net2010 & MS Access 2010. I want to set a reminder that can remind me on 5th day after
the Planned Closure Date for each action. I want a reminder when I open my Application, I have all the records in data grid...can I highlight the record as a reminder???
What I already did added a query in the Action Log Table Adaptor under name (FillByPositive5DaysDelay) which is as follows:
SELECT ID, ActionReferance, ActionDescription, ActionSite, ActionCategory, ActionImportance, ActionAccountability, ActionProgressStatus, ActionClosurestatus, ActionDoneBy, ActionComment, ActionYear, ActionStartDate, PlannedClosureDate, RealClosureDate FROM
ActionsLog WHERE (PlannedClosureDate >= DATEADD(DD, + 5, GETDATE()))
But there is a SQL execution error (undefined function GETDATE in expression). So can you help me to avoid this error? Please kindly note that I have added the following function in the Actions Log form but the same problem still persists.
Private Sub GETDATE()
System.DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss")
Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

The parameter value may need to be a string representation of the date wrapped in # characters.  I haven't used Access in a long time and forget a lot of its caveats.
Reed Kimble - "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all"
Yes, always a pain when dealing with Access. Plus the date needs to be in the U.S. format when string.
Probably won't need it in this instance though since no parameters would be passed.
SELECT ID, ActionReference, ... From ActionsLog WHERE PlannedClosureDate >= DateAdd("d", 5, Now)
Paul ~~~~ Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)