Accessing a VBA module from VB or C#. Maybe a better solution?

[Mike]

Hi,

This does sound like a bit of a weird thing to ask so I will state my
question and then further down explain why I am trying to do it. So
if you have the answer then reply! Or if you understand what I am
trying to do and can suggest a better solution then reply also!

Question
--------
I want to run a VBA code module from either VB/VB.NET/C#. How can I
go about calling the call module?

Why
---

I have an MS Access project that is hooked up with SQL-MSDE. I have
developed a complex and nice looking report. What I want to do is let
my work colleges view it over the internal intranet. The Data Access
Pages doesn't seem to work - Access throws a fit over the calulated
fields. In Access though you can use the ExportXML feature and it
creates the XML files that can be viewed in any web browser. So I
have written a code module that does this in the Access project. I
then want to run this and the XMl files will get updated. Simple
request I thought..

Any help, as always, greatly appreciated.

cheers
Mike

[Scott McDaniel]

You can use automation to achieve this:

Dim acc As Object

Set acc = CreateObject("Access.Application")

acc.OpenCurrentDatabase "PathToYourDB"
acc.DoCmd.OpenModule "ModuleName", "ProcedureName"

Set acc = Nothing

"Mike" <mi*********@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi,

This does sound like a bit of a weird thing to ask so I will state my
question and then further down explain why I am trying to do it. So
if you have the answer then reply! Or if you understand what I am
trying to do and can suggest a better solution then reply also!

Question
--------
I want to run a VBA code module from either VB/VB.NET/C#. How can I
go about calling the call module?

Why
---

I have an MS Access project that is hooked up with SQL-MSDE. I have
developed a complex and nice looking report. What I want to do is let
my work colleges view it over the internal intranet. The Data Access
Pages doesn't seem to work - Access throws a fit over the calulated
fields. In Access though you can use the ExportXML feature and it
creates the XML files that can be viewed in any web browser. So I
have written a code module that does this in the Access project. I
then want to run this and the XMl files will get updated. Simple
request I thought..

Any help, as always, greatly appreciated.

cheers
Mike

[MacDermott]

Scott's concept is a good one, and it should make it clear that Access must
be installed on the machine where this code is running.
The code he supplies is in VB6.0; the same thing can be done in .NET
languages, but the syntax is a little different.

The one problem I see is in this line:
acc.DoCmd.OpenModule "ModuleName", "ProcedureName"

This will open the module for editing, which is not, I believe, what is
desired.
Make sure the procedure you want to call (I'll call it MyProcedure) is
declared as Public.
Then you can call it like this:
acc.MyProcedure

However, this is still a kludgy way to display a report on an Internet page.
You might want to look into Front Page - or since you mention .NET, try
ASP.NET - it's incredibly powerful!

HTH
- Turtle
"Scott McDaniel" <sc***@no.spam.thedatabaseplace.net> wrote in message
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You can use automation to achieve this:

Dim acc As Object

Set acc = CreateObject("Access.Application")

acc.OpenCurrentDatabase "PathToYourDB"
acc.DoCmd.OpenModule "ModuleName", "ProcedureName"

Set acc = Nothing

"Mike" <mi*********@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:73*************************@posting.google.co m...

Hi,

This does sound like a bit of a weird thing to ask so I will state my
question and then further down explain why I am trying to do it. So
if you have the answer then reply! Or if you understand what I am
trying to do and can suggest a better solution then reply also!

Question
--------
I want to run a VBA code module from either VB/VB.NET/C#. How can I
go about calling the call module?

Why
---

I have an MS Access project that is hooked up with SQL-MSDE. I have
developed a complex and nice looking report. What I want to do is let
my work colleges view it over the internal intranet. The Data Access
Pages doesn't seem to work - Access throws a fit over the calulated
fields. In Access though you can use the ExportXML feature and it
creates the XML files that can be viewed in any web browser. So I
have written a code module that does this in the Access project. I
then want to run this and the XMl files will get updated. Simple
request I thought..

Any help, as always, greatly appreciated.

cheers
Mike

[rkc]

"MacDermott" <ma********@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Scott's concept is a good one, and it should make it clear that Access must be installed on the machine where this code is running.
The code he supplies is in VB6.0; the same thing can be done in .NET
languages, but the syntax is a little different.

Visual Studio doesn't seem to be able to create the necessary assemblies
for the Access Object Libraries. It chokes when trying to convert some
of the support libraries.

Works O.K. with Outlook, Word, Excel, Dao 3.6... just not Access. At least
not 8 or 10. Have you done this?

[Mike]

Thanks for that - I will try it tonight.

"Scott McDaniel" <sc***@no.spam.thedatabaseplace.net> wrote in message news:<_J********************@comcast.com>...

You can use automation to achieve this:

Dim acc As Object

Set acc = CreateObject("Access.Application")

acc.OpenCurrentDatabase "PathToYourDB"
acc.DoCmd.OpenModule "ModuleName", "ProcedureName"

Set acc = Nothing

"Mike" <mi*********@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:73*************************@posting.google.co m...

Hi,

This does sound like a bit of a weird thing to ask so I will state my
question and then further down explain why I am trying to do it. So
if you have the answer then reply! Or if you understand what I am
trying to do and can suggest a better solution then reply also!

Question
--------
I want to run a VBA code module from either VB/VB.NET/C#. How can I
go about calling the call module?

Why
---

I have an MS Access project that is hooked up with SQL-MSDE. I have
developed a complex and nice looking report. What I want to do is let
my work colleges view it over the internal intranet. The Data Access
Pages doesn't seem to work - Access throws a fit over the calulated
fields. In Access though you can use the ExportXML feature and it
creates the XML files that can be viewed in any web browser. So I
have written a code module that does this in the Access project. I
then want to run this and the XMl files will get updated. Simple
request I thought..

Any help, as always, greatly appreciated.

cheers
Mike

[MacDermott]

I've done it with VB 6.0, but since you use the term "assemblies" I'm
guessing that you're using .NET.
Would that be correct?

- Turtle

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"MacDermott" <ma********@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Scott's concept is a good one, and it should make it clear that Access

must

be installed on the machine where this code is running.
The code he supplies is in VB6.0; the same thing can be done in .NET
languages, but the syntax is a little different.

Visual Studio doesn't seem to be able to create the necessary assemblies
for the Access Object Libraries. It chokes when trying to convert some
of the support libraries.

Works O.K. with Outlook, Word, Excel, Dao 3.6... just not Access. At least
not 8 or 10. Have you done this?

[rkc]

"MacDermott" <ma********@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I've done it with VB 6.0, but since you use the term "assemblies" I'm
guessing that you're using .NET.
Would that be correct?

I was asking about .Net, yes.

I was wondering if I was having problems, or if .Net just isn't up to
speed with Access yet.