I'm doing this:
strAccessPath = SysCmd(acSysCmd AccessDir) & "msaccess.e xe"
in a vb executable to do what it looks like.
If I remove the reference to the access object library this seems to be the
only line the app chokes on. As the Access Obj library is the one most
likely to be in a non-standard location I'm wondering how to do without it.
Can I make that above late binding?
In fact, is it possible to make all refs late binding? DAO, VB, VBA MS
Scripting etc.
Yours, Mike MacSween
13  3141 
Mike,
SysCmd can be read from the Application object so (in a VB .exe form) ...
' *************** *************** ***********
Private Const acSysCmdAccessD ir = 9
Private Sub Command1_Click( )
Dim appAccess As Object
Dim strAccessPath As String
Set appAccess = CreateObject("A ccess.Applicati on")
strAccessPath = appAccess.SysCm d(acSysCmdAcces sDir) & "msaccess.e xe"
Set appAccess = Nothing
End Sub
' *************** *************** ***********
.... works without a reference to Access.
No, it is not possible to late bind to all objects but the vast majority can
be.
--
Terry Kreft
MVP Microsoft Access
"Mike MacSween" <mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.aaisp.net .uk... I'm doing this:
strAccessPath = SysCmd(acSysCmd AccessDir) & "msaccess.e xe"
in a vb executable to do what it looks like.
If I remove the reference to the access object library this seems to be
the only line the app chokes on. As the Access Obj library is the one most
likely to be in a non-standard location I'm wondering how to do without
it. Can I make that above late binding?
In fact, is it possible to make all refs late binding? DAO, VB, VBA MS
Scripting etc.
Yours, Mike MacSween
On Jul 26 2004, 04:01 am, "Mike MacSween"
<mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote in
news:41******** *************** @news.aaisp.net .uk: I'm doing this:
strAccessPath = SysCmd(acSysCmd AccessDir) & "msaccess.e xe"
in a vb executable to do what it looks like.
If I remove the reference to the access object library this seems to
be the only line the app chokes on. As the Access Obj library is the
one most likely to be in a non-standard location I'm wondering how to
do without it. Can I make that above late binding?
You can use the FindExecutable API to find out where Access is installed
from VB, without depending on any external library. There is a bug in
FindExecutable with long names though (which may or may not exist in newer
OSes), that truncates the returned path after the first space. If you need
replacement code that does the same thing as FindExecutable, google for
FindExe2.
Since this approach determines the path to the executable by a file
extention associated with it, it may get tricky when you have multiple
versions of Access installed on the machine.
--
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"Terry Kreft" <te*********@mp s.co.uk> wrote in message
news:-q************** ******@karoo.co .uk... Mike,
SysCmd can be read from the Application object so (in a VB .exe form) ...
' *************** *************** ***********
Private Const acSysCmdAccessD ir = 9
Private Sub Command1_Click( )
Dim appAccess As Object
Dim strAccessPath As String
Set appAccess = CreateObject("A ccess.Applicati on")
strAccessPath = appAccess.SysCm d(acSysCmdAcces sDir) & "msaccess.e xe"
Set appAccess = Nothing
End Sub
' *************** *************** ***********
... works without a reference to Access.
Great, thanks Terry. Exactly what I meant.
As it turned out it didn't seem to make any difference atall. This is the
first VB thing I've done, so went through the whole packaging and deployment
mullarkey. Tried to install using the set up routine and had all sorts of
protests about older file versions. Then just did a straight file copy of my
actual exe file and it worked fine. Even though I know for sure that the
Access OLB is in a different place to mine.
It's a front end updater thing and was astonishingly successfull. Presumably
the machines are going to spontaneously combust in the middle of the night,
just to wipe the smug grin off my face.
No, it is not possible to late bind to all objects but the vast majority
can be.
And is it worth doing? Presumably things like DAO and the VB run times all
go in a standard place.
I've never really understood all this stuff. If on my development machine I
have a library or a dll in c:\myspecialins tallfolderthato nlyiknowabout\
whereas on the clients machine the same library is in
c:\completelybo gstandardplacei tusuallygoes\ does that always smash the app?
Or is VB (in this case) or an Access app smart enough to have a look around
the gaff if it doesn't find it in the first place it looks in.
Cheers, Mike MacSween
"Dimitri Furman" <df*****@cloud9 9.net> wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** *****@127.0.0.1 ... On Jul 26 2004, 04:01 am, "Mike MacSween"
<mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote in
news:41******** *************** @news.aaisp.net .uk:
I'm doing this:
strAccessPath = SysCmd(acSysCmd AccessDir) & "msaccess.e xe"
in a vb executable to do what it looks like.
If I remove the reference to the access object library this seems to
be the only line the app chokes on. As the Access Obj library is the
one most likely to be in a non-standard location I'm wondering how to
do without it. Can I make that above late binding?
You can use the FindExecutable API to find out where Access is installed
from VB, without depending on any external library. There is a bug in
FindExecutable with long names though (which may or may not exist in newer
OSes), that truncates the returned path after the first space. If you need
replacement code that does the same thing as FindExecutable, google for
FindExe2.
Thanks Dimitri, I'll have a look at it. Am I not alone in wishing that MS
hadn't given us file names with spaces in? I don't mind the long ones,
that's useful, but constantly having to wrap "" round things just in case
there's a space...
Since this approach determines the path to the executable by a file
extention associated with it, it may get tricky when you have multiple
versions of Access installed on the machine.
Which would apply on my machine (and probably on most people's here) but not
often on client's. There's a question for y'all. How many of you have
clients (by which I mean customers) with more than one version of Access
installed on the same machine?
Cheers, Mike
"Mike MacSween" <mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote... Am I not alone in wishing that MS
hadn't given us file names with spaces in? I don't mind the long ones,
that's useful, but constantly having to wrap "" round things just in case
there's a space...
Well, thats a typical developer response.... the end user often expects
spaces, though. :-)
Which would apply on my machine (and probably on most people's here) but
not often on client's. There's a question for y'all. How many of you have
clients (by which I mean customers) with more than one version of Access
installed on the same machine?
Well, you can start looking at the different versions available.... trying
doing a CreateObject on Access.Applicat ion.8 for 97, and so forth. This will
attempt to get you the specific version you want....
--
MichKa [MS]
NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Windows International Division
This posting is provided "AS IS" with
no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Mike MacSween" <mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote... I've never really understood all this stuff. If on my development machine
I have a library or a dll in c:\myspecialins tallfolderthato nlyiknowabout\
whereas on the clients machine the same library is in
c:\completelybo gstandardplacei tusuallygoes\ does that always smash the
app? Or is VB (in this case) or an Access app smart enough to have a look
around the gaff if it doesn't find it in the first place it looks in.
Well, they are sometimes smart and sometimes not. See http://trigeminal.com/usenet/usenet026.asp
especcially in the section that starts "An additional source of pain" for
more info on the aberrant case.
--
MichKa [MS]
NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Windows International Division
This posting is provided "AS IS" with
no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Michael (michka) Kaplan [MS]" <mi*****@online .microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:41******** @news.microsoft .com... "Mike MacSween" <mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote...
I've never really understood all this stuff. If on my development
machine I have a library or a dll in c:\myspecialins tallfolderthato nlyiknowabout\
whereas on the clients machine the same library is in
c:\completelybo gstandardplacei tusuallygoes\ does that always smash the app? Or is VB (in this case) or an Access app smart enough to have a look
around the gaff if it doesn't find it in the first place it looks in.
Well, they are sometimes smart and sometimes not. See
http://trigeminal.com/usenet/usenet026.asp
especcially in the section that starts "An additional source of pain" for
more info on the aberrant case.
Thanks Michael, I'll look at that.
--
MichKa [MS]
NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Windows International Division
This posting is provided "AS IS" with
no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Michael (michka) Kaplan [MS]" <mi*****@online .microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:41******** @news.microsoft .com... "Mike MacSween" <mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote...
Am I not alone in wishing that MS
hadn't given us file names with spaces in? I don't mind the long ones,
that's useful, but constantly having to wrap "" round things just in
case there's a space...
Well, thats a typical developer response.... the end user often expects
spaces, though. :-)
Not until they were given spaces. Up to then they had to come up with 8.3
filenames. The more I do of this the more I think we ought to stop trying to
kid users into thinking that using a computer is like a washing machine
Which would apply on my machine (and probably on most people's here) but not often on client's. There's a question for y'all. How many of you have
clients (by which I mean customers) with more than one version of Access
installed on the same machine?
Well, you can start looking at the different versions available.... trying
doing a CreateObject on Access.Applicat ion.8 for 97, and so forth. This
will attempt to get you the specific version you want....
Good idea, thanks.
Mike
--
MichKa [MS]
NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Windows International Division
This posting is provided "AS IS" with
no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Mike MacSween" <mi************ ******@btintern et.com> wrote... Not until they were given spaces. Up to then they had to come up with 8.3
filenames. The more I do of this the more I think we ought to stop trying
to kid users into thinking that using a computer is like a washing machine
The problem is that you are really wrong here, and you get more and more
wrong with each passing day. It might be good to adjust your thinking to
match the way computers are going, so that you better reflect the reality of
your chosen profession. :-)
--
MichKa [MS]
NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Windows International Division
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