I'm just starting out with VBA.
I want to create a form that has a button on it which when clicked, opens the "Save As" dialog box. Whatever filepath the user selects from this box, I want to store in a variable.
how can i do this "save as" feature?
Thanks in advance.
-Goalie35
So I have this relatively simple problem: I need to create a button that once clicked will open the Save As dialog box and allow the user to save a copy of the current database where he wishes. The filename should contain todays date in DDMM format along with some pre-set text e.g. DDMM PresetText.
I am using Access 2010.
I need code for save dialog file ,and select the file from textbox and save it to the selected location.i have only this code and i dont know what else i can do with this because it just opens the save file dialog !
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I have a client I'm currently working for that has dumped Access on me. I'm not originally here for Access and am sort of learning as I go along (I'm here to setup, run, and maintain servers, etc.)
The problem is they have a large contact database in Access, and want the forms to pop up a dialog asking if data changes are okay before actually updating. I know that Access normally just does the change, but there is an issue with someone that doesn't understand computers at all making a mess of it (adding in one client 15 times, each with one different piece of information, erasing things in an attempt to search, etc, etc.)
I've been going all over the place trying to research the issue for hours and have had no luck finding a solution. Any help would be beyond appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help!
-Walter
I have a problem. This problem is that when I generate the report, I want to show a save file dialog box. How can I do this and and retrict the files show to only "*.pdf" files. I tried it as follow:
Private Sub SaveFile_Click()
Set FDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs)
With FDialog
.Filters.Add "Acrobat Files", "*.pdf" .Show
End With
End Sub
error is araised when executing .Filters.Add "Acrobat Files", "*.pdf": Object doesnt support property or method.
ALSO How can I pick the path the user selected?
Thanks
Hi every body . I found this code that supposed to allow me browse for .mdb file
and select it. But unfortunely i could not set it up. could an expert help me set this up
in access 2000. Furthermore how i can refrence the loaded .mdb file when ever i want to use
it instead of current db in vba.Thanks
Code:***************** Code Start **************'This code was originally written by Ken Getz.'It is not to be altered or distributed,'except as part of an application.'You are free to use it in any application,'provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.'' Code courtesy of:' Microsoft Access 95 How-To' Ken Getz and Paul Litwin' Waite Group Press, 1996Type tagOPENFILENAME lStructSize As Long hwndOwner As Long hInstance As Long strFilter As String strCustomFilter As String nMaxCustFilter As Long nFilterIndex As Long strFile As String nMaxFile As Long strFileTitle As String nMaxFileTitle As Long strInitialDir As String strTitle As String Flags As Long nFileOffset As Integer nFileExtension As Integer strDefExt As String lCustData As Long lpfnHook As Long lpTemplateName As StringEnd TypeDeclare Function aht_apiGetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _ Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As BooleanDeclare Function aht_apiGetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _ Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As BooleanDeclare Function CommDlgExtendedError Lib "comdlg32.dll" () As LongGlobal Const ahtOFN_READONLY = &H1Global Const ahtOFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2Global Const ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4Global Const ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8Global Const ahtOFN_SHOWHELP = &H10' You won't use these.'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLEHOOK = &H20'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATE = &H40'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE = &H80Global Const ahtOFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100Global Const ahtOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200Global Const ahtOFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = &H400Global Const ahtOFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800Global Const ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000Global Const ahtOFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000Global Const ahtOFN_SHAREAWARE = &H4000Global Const ahtOFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000Global Const ahtOFN_NOTESTFILECREATE = &H10000Global Const ahtOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000Global Const ahtOFN_NOLONGNAMES = &H40000' New for Windows 95Global Const ahtOFN_EXPLORER = &H80000Global Const ahtOFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000Global Const ahtOFN_LONGNAMES = &H200000Function TestIt() Dim strFilter As String Dim lngFlags As Long strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Access Files (*.mda, *.mdb)", _ "*.MDA;*.MDB") strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "dBASE Files (*.dbf)", "*.DBF") strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Text Files (*.txt)", "*.TXT") strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "All Files (*.*)", "*.*") MsgBox "You selected: " & ahtCommonFileOpenSave(InitialDir:="C:", _ Filter:=strFilter, FilterIndex:=3, Flags:=lngFlags, _ DialogTitle:="Hello! Open Me!") ' Since you passed in a variable for lngFlags, ' the function places the output flags value in the variable. Debug.Print Hex(lngFlags)End FunctionFunction GetOpenFile(Optional varDirectory As Variant, _ Optional varTitleForDialog As Variant) As Variant' Here's an example that gets an Access database name.Dim strFilter As StringDim lngFlags As LongDim varFileName As Variant' Specify that the chosen file must already exist,' don't change directories when you're done' Also, don't bother displaying' the read-only box. It'll only confuse people. lngFlags = ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST Or _ ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY Or ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR If IsMissing(varDirectory) Then varDirectory = "" End If If IsMissing(varTitleForDialog) Then varTitleForDialog = "" End If ' Define the filter string and allocate space in the "c" ' string Duplicate this line with changes as necessary for ' more file templates. strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, _ "Access (*.mdb)", "*.MDB;*.MDA") ' Now actually call to get the file name. varFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _ OpenFile:=True, _ InitialDir:=varDirectory, _ Filter:=strFilter, _ Flags:=lngFlags, _ DialogTitle:=varTitleForDialog) If Not IsNull(varFileName) Then varFileName = TrimNull(varFileName) End If GetOpenFile = varFileNameEnd FunctionFunction ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _ Optional ByRef Flags As Variant, _ Optional ByVal InitialDir As Variant, _ Optional ByVal Filter As Variant, _ Optional ByVal FilterIndex As Variant, _ Optional ByVal DefaultExt As Variant, _ Optional ByVal FileName As Variant, _ Optional ByVal DialogTitle As Variant, _ Optional ByVal hwnd As Variant, _ Optional ByVal OpenFile As Variant) As Variant' This is the entry point you'll use to call the common' file open/save dialog. The parameters are listed' below, and all are optional.'' In:' Flags: one or more of the ahtOFN_* constants, OR'd together.' InitialDir: the directory in which to first look' Filter: a set of file filters, set up by calling' AddFilterItem. See examples.' FilterIndex: 1-based integer indicating which filter' set to use, by default (1 if unspecified)' DefaultExt: Extension to use if the user doesn't enter one.' Only useful on file saves.' FileName: Default value for the file name text box.' DialogTitle: Title for the dialog.' hWnd: parent window handle' OpenFile: Boolean(True=Open File/False=Save As)' Out:' Return Value: Either Null or the selected filenameDim OFN As tagOPENFILENAMEDim strFileName As StringDim strFileTitle As StringDim fResult As Boolean ' Give the dialog a caption title. If IsMissing(InitialDir) Then InitialDir = CurDir If IsMissing(Filter) Then Filter = "" If IsMissing(FilterIndex) Then FilterIndex = 1 If IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = 0& If IsMissing(DefaultExt) Then DefaultExt = "" If IsMissing(FileName) Then FileName = "" If IsMissing(DialogTitle) Then DialogTitle = "" If IsMissing(hwnd) Then hwnd = Application.hWndAccessApp If IsMissing(OpenFile) Then OpenFile = True ' Allocate string space for the returned strings. strFileName = Left(FileName & String(256, 0), 256) strFileTitle = String(256, 0) ' Set up the data structure before you call the function With OFN .lStructSize = Len(OFN) .hwndOwner = hwnd .strFilter = Filter .nFilterIndex = FilterIndex .strFile = strFileName .nMaxFile = Len(strFileName) .strFileTitle = strFileTitle .nMaxFileTitle = Len(strFileTitle) .strTitle = DialogTitle .Flags = Flags .strDefExt = DefaultExt .strInitialDir = InitialDir ' Didn't think most people would want to deal with ' these options. .hInstance = 0 '.strCustomFilter = "" '.nMaxCustFilter = 0 .lpfnHook = 0 'New for NT 4.0 .strCustomFilter = String(255, 0) .nMaxCustFilter = 255 End With ' This will pass the desired data structure to the ' Windows API, which will in turn it uses to display ' the Open/Save As Dialog. If OpenFile Then fResult = aht_apiGetOpenFileName(OFN) Else fResult = aht_apiGetSaveFileName(OFN) End If ' The function call filled in the strFileTitle member ' of the structure. You'll have to write special code ' to retrieve that if you're interested. If fResult Then ' You might care to check the Flags member of the ' structure to get information about the chosen file. ' In this example, if you bothered to pass in a ' value for Flags, we'll fill it in with the outgoing ' Flags value. If Not IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = OFN.Flags ahtCommonFileOpenSave = TrimNull(OFN.strFile) Else ahtCommonFileOpenSave = vbNullString End IfEnd FunctionFunction ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter As String, _ strDescription As String, Optional varItem As Variant) As String' Tack a new chunk onto the file filter.' That is, take the old value, stick onto it the description,' (like "Databases"), a null character, the skeleton' (like "*.mdb;*.mda") and a final null character. If IsMissing(varItem) Then varItem = "*.*" ahtAddFilterItem = strFilter & _ strDescription & vbNullChar & _ varItem & vbNullCharEnd FunctionPrivate Function TrimNull(ByVal strItem As String) As StringDim intPos As Integer intPos = InStr(strItem, vbNullChar) If intPos > 0 Then TrimNull = Left(strItem, intPos - 1) Else TrimNull = strItem End IfEnd Function'************** Code End *****************
The code below sets my printer to "Cute PDF writer" and then opens a report in print view, which creates a PDF version of my report. So far so good. But just before the last step, it brings up the Save As dialog box, asking for a filename and location.
Three points are important:I always want to call the PDF document "Specialty Report".I always want to save it to C:Documents and Settings80435 Desktop. I always want to overwrite the previous version.
Is there some code I can insert that would achieve this automatically with no further user interaction i.e. user clicks a button and the PDF file is created/overwritten?
Code:
'Produce the report
Dim defPrinter As String, NewPrinter As Printer
defPrinter = Application.Printer.DeviceName 'Get the default printer name
Set NewPrinter = Application.Printers("CutePDF Writer") 'Create a new printer object
Set Application.Printer = NewPrinter 'Set the default printer to the new printer
DoCmd.OpenReport "Specialty Report", acViewPrint 'Open the report in print view (which will PDF it)
Set NewPrinter = Application.Printers(defPrinter) 'Reset the printer back to the default printer
I wish to export a report to excel, but I wish to prompt the user to be able to choose where to save the file at. How can I have the "Save As" dialog box pop up, with the filter set to "*.xls"?
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View 11 Replies View RelatedI have a few selected reports on an Access 2007 database that users can run. Is there a way for users to view the report, save as a PDF and automatically save a copy to a shared drive by modules/vba coding as an On Click event procedure?
View 4 Replies View RelatedHi All.
I created query with dialog box in Access :
SELECT (Format([Date_P],"mmm yyyy")) AS [Date_P], Result, Count([Date_P]) AS Pos
FROM ABC
GROUP BY (Format([Date_P],"mmm yyyy")), Result, Format([Date_PAP],"yyyy")
HAVING Result<>"neg" AND Count(Date_P>0
AND (Format([Date_P],"yyyy")=[Please, enter year (yyyy):]);
How to convert that query to veiw MS SQL?
Thank.
Hi all,
Can I set the default path for a dialog box to look in when called?
How do I get rid of the start up dialog? The boxes which pop up and say "Security warning, Unsafe expressions not blocked" and the other that says "warning this document may not be safe blah blah blah".
Thank you for the help :)
Hi,
I have a report and I am doing some SQL stuff at the back end on the report open. This takes a little time and I want to show the user that its working and I want to prevent him from double clicking the report again. So is there any way to show a progress dialog or something so that the user knows that the list is being built? Thanks in advance!
Adwait
I am in the process of creating d/base of early settlers for our local museum. The Fields need to have reference to one or more files or programs outside of Access, e.g. Legacy, Word, photo files, d/bases of electoral rolls, etc.
The apparent easy solution was to attach these sources and I also got a handy Attachments dialog box that showed me the list of attachments for a every person or place. However, after entering only 10 names and attachments, the file size had grown to nearly 8Mb - obviously impracticable if the d/base is to contain over 2,000 names.
So, I switched to using Hyperlinks which cut the file size by 90% but now I have another problem: Hyperlinks only lead to one item, e.g. a photo, whereas the person concerned may have several photos and several other references. This would necessitate creating multiple Fields.
Is there a way to create a Dialog box (similar to the Attachments box) that would show me a list of the Hyperlinks for a particluar person?
I am trying to add a common dialog to my form from the toolbox and get the following error 'you dont have the license required to use this ActiveX control. Is there any way I can sort this out? I am using Access 2002. I am getting desperate and any help would be much appreciated
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I used the code below to hide all the toolbars and then created my custom ReportToolbar so the user can print the report. All works OK; however, the PRINT button on my custom toolbar sends the report imidiately to the printer. How can I create a button that I could add to my custom toolbox which would open the dialog box that allows to choose the printer, number of pages to print, etc.. (same action as I can get by going to File->Print)?
PS> Also, is there any way to remove the drop down arrow from my custom toolbox? I disabled Customize Toolbox but the pulldown arrow still appears. I found making an MDE would take care of this, but was wondering if there was another solution.
Code used to hide toolbars:For i = 1 To CommandBars.Count
CommandBars(i).Enabled = False
Next i
Hello,
I have an innoccuous problem with a report I run in Access. The record source for the report is a query that is pulls data from 6 tables. I have a table titled ARInfo that I have to return amost all the fields in the table (big table) so I used * and show all the fields. When I run the report from the button click event on my form, before the query runs that servers as the report's record source, a parameter dialog box pops up titled ARInfo (table name). You do not have to enter anything in the box for the report to run properly. I have only been with the company or 3 months, but we have used Aceess 97 and Access 2000 in the past and it is my understanding that in the old systems, this dialog would not pop up (The query, form, report, and code is unchanged0. Since we converted to Access 2002, this dialog pops up. The code behind the form, report, and in the associated modules is very immense (This report and form that drives it touches many diferent pieces of the system) so I'm not really about to inclued any code in this post. If anybody knows a quick and dirty trick to disable dialogs or any conceptual theories as to why this is occuring, please let me know.
Andrew
i need to find out how can i have a popup dialog box where they can enter in a value and the value must then populate to a non enabled field on a form. This is my trigger field and has to be filled in but they tend to forget this what i want to do is put a dialog box where they will enter their id and that id must then populate into a id field on the form which is disabled any help will be appreciated
thanks mel :)
i need to find out how can i have a popup dialog box where they can enter in a value and the value must then populate to a non enabled field on a form. This is my trigger field and has to be filled in but they tend to forget this what i want to do is put a dialog box where they will enter their id and that id must then populate into a id field on the form which is disabled any help will be appreciated
thanks mel :)
I have a field in a form to which I wish to be able to browse to a particular PDF file. This location is then to be a hyperlink that when clicked upon, it will open the chosen file.
I have seen a thread already for file browsing, but it said to look at the VBA code, which I have no idea what it means :(
Please help, this is driving me mad.
TIA
RD
I've written a function which generates a MailMerge in Word from Access. Works great. However, Id there an easy way to get the SaveAs dialog box to pop up so the user can choose where to save the resulting doc? Thanks.
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I used the suggested code from this forum to import a file with the open file dialog box. It works great to that point, but how do I specify which table I want it to populate with this data?? Thanks!
Here's the code:
vb Code: Original - vb Code Type tagOPENFILENAMElStructSize As LonghwndOwner As LonghInstance As LongstrFilter As StringstrCustomFilter As StringnMaxCustFilter As LongnFilterIndex As LongstrFile As StringnMaxFile As LongstrFileTitle As StringnMaxFileTitle As LongstrInitialDir As StringstrTitle As StringFlags As LongnFileOffset As IntegernFileExtension As IntegerstrDefExt As StringlCustData As LonglpfnHook As LonglpTemplateName As StringEnd TypeDeclare Function aht_apiGetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As BooleanDeclare Function aht_apiGetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As BooleanDeclare Function CommDlgExtendedError Lib "comdlg32.dll" () As LongGlobal Const ahtOFN_READONLY = &H1Global Const ahtOFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2Global Const ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4Global Const ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8Global Const ahtOFN_SHOWHELP = &H10' You won't use these.'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLEHOOK = &H20'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATE = &H40'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE = &H80Global Const ahtOFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100Global Const ahtOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200Global Const ahtOFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = &H400Global Const ahtOFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800Global Const ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000Global Const ahtOFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000Global Const ahtOFN_SHAREAWARE = &H4000Global Const ahtOFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000Global Const ahtOFN_NOTESTFILECREATE = &H10000Global Const ahtOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000Global Const ahtOFN_NOLONGNAMES = &H40000' New for Windows 95Global Const ahtOFN_EXPLORER = &H80000Global Const ahtOFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000Global Const ahtOFN_LONGNAMES = &H200000Function TestIt()Dim strFilter As StringDim lngFlags As LongstrFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Access Files (*.mda, *.mdb)", _"*.MDA;*.MDB")strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "dBASE Files (*.dbf)", "*.DBF")strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Text Files (*.txt)", "*.TXT")strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "All Files (*.*)", "*.*")MsgBox "You selected: " & ahtCommonFileOpenSave(InitialDir:="C:", _Filter:=strFilter, FilterIndex:=3, Flags:=lngFlags, _DialogTitle:="Hello! Open Me!")' Since you passed in a variable for lngFlags,' the function places the output flags value in the variable.Debug.Print Hex(lngFlags)End FunctionFunction GetOpenFile(Optional varDirectory As Variant, _Optional varTitleForDialog As Variant) As Variant' Here's an example that gets an Access database name.Dim strFilter As StringDim lngFlags As LongDim varFileName As Variant' Specify that the chosen file must already exist,' don't change directories when you're done' Also, don't bother displaying' the read-only box. It'll only confuse people.lngFlags = ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST Or _ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY Or ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIRIf IsMissing(varDirectory) ThenvarDirectory = ""End IfIf IsMissing(varTitleForDialog) ThenvarTitleForDialog = ""End If' Define the filter string and allocate space in the "c"' string Duplicate this line with changes as necessary for' more file templates.strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, _"Access (*.mdb)", "*.MDB;*.MDA")' Now actually call to get the file name.varFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _OpenFile:=True, _InitialDir:=varDirectory, _Filter:=strFilter, _Flags:=lngFlags, _DialogTitle:=varTitleForDialog)If Not IsNull(varFileName) ThenvarFileName = TrimNull(varFileName)End IfGetOpenFile = varFileNameEnd FunctionFunction ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _Optional ByRef Flags As Variant, _Optional ByVal InitialDir As Variant, _Optional ByVal Filter As Variant, _Optional ByVal FilterIndex As Variant, _Optional ByVal DefaultExt As Variant, _Optional ByVal FileName As Variant, _Optional ByVal DialogTitle As Variant, _Optional ByVal hwnd As Variant, _Optional ByVal OpenFile As Variant) As Variant' This is the entry point you'll use to call the common' file open/save dialog. The parameters are listed' below, and all are optional.'' In:' Flags: one or more of the ahtOFN_* constants, OR'd together.' InitialDir: the directory in which to first look' Filter: a set of file filters, set up by calling' AddFilterItem. See examples.' FilterIndex: 1-based integer indicating which filter' set to use, by default (1 if unspecified)' DefaultExt: Extension to use if the user doesn't enter one.' Only useful on file saves.' FileName: Default value for the file name text box.' DialogTitle: Title for the dialog.' hWnd: parent window handle' OpenFile: Boolean(True=Open File/False=Save As)' Out:' Return Value: Either Null or the selected filenameDim OFN As tagOPENFILENAMEDim strFileName As StringDim strFileTitle As StringDim fResult As Boolean' Give the dialog a caption title.If IsMissing(InitialDir) Then InitialDir = CurDirIf IsMissing(Filter) Then Filter = ""If IsMissing(FilterIndex) Then FilterIndex = 1If IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = 0&If IsMissing(DefaultExt) Then DefaultExt = ""If IsMissing(FileName) Then FileName = ""If IsMissing(DialogTitle) Then DialogTitle = ""If IsMissing(hwnd) Then hwnd = Application.hWndAccessAppIf IsMissing(OpenFile) Then OpenFile = True' Allocate string space for the returned strings.strFileName = Left(FileName & String(256, 0), 256)strFileTitle = String(256, 0)' Set up the data structure before you call the functionWith OFN.lStructSize = Len(OFN).hwndOwner = hwnd.strFilter = Filter.nFilterIndex = FilterIndex.strFile = strFileName.nMaxFile = Len(strFileName).strFileTitle = strFileTitle.nMaxFileTitle = Len(strFileTitle).strTitle = DialogTitle.Flags = Flags.strDefExt = DefaultExt.strInitialDir = InitialDir' Didn't think most people would want to deal with' these options..hInstance = 0'.strCustomFilter = ""'.nMaxCustFilter = 0.lpfnHook = 0'New for NT 4.0.strCustomFilter = String(255, 0).nMaxCustFilter = 255End With' This will pass the desired data structure to the' Windows API, which will in turn it uses to display' the Open/Save As Dialog.If OpenFile ThenfResult = aht_apiGetOpenFileName(OFN)ElsefResult = aht_apiGetSaveFileName(OFN)End If' The function call filled in the strFileTitle member' of the structure. You'll have to write special code' to retrieve that if you're interested.If fResult Then' You might care to check the Flags member of the' structure to get information about the chosen file.' In this example, if you bothered to pass in a' value for Flags, we'll fill it in with the outgoing' Flags value.If Not IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = OFN.FlagsahtCommonFileOpenSave = TrimNull(OFN.strFile)ElseahtCommonFileOpenSave = vbNullStringEnd IfEnd FunctionFunction ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter As String, _strDescription As String, Optional varItem As Variant) As String' Tack a new chunk onto the file filter.' That is, take the old value, stick onto it the description,' (like "Databases"), a null character, the skeleton' (like "*.mdb;*.mda") and a final null character.If IsMissing(varItem) Then varItem = "*.*"ahtAddFilterItem = strFilter & _strDescription & vbNullChar & _varItem & vbNullCharEnd FunctionPrivate Function TrimNull(ByVal strItem As String) As StringDim intPos As IntegerintPos = InStr(strItem, vbNullChar)If intPos > 0 ThenTrimNull = Left(strItem, intPos - 1)ElseTrimNull = strItemEnd IfEnd FunctionPrivate Sub Command20_Click()Dim strFilter As StringDim strInputFileName As StringstrFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "CSV Files (*.csv)", "*.csv")strInputFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _Filter:=strFilter, OpenFile:=True, _DialogTitle:="Please select an input file...", _Flags:=ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY)End Sub'This code was originally written by Ken Getz.'It is not to be altered or distributed,'except as part of an application.'You are free to use it in any application,'provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.'' Code courtesy of:' Microsoft Access 95 How-To' Ken Getz and Paul Litwin' Waite Group Press, 1996 Type tagOPENFILENAMElStructSize As LonghwndOwner As LonghInstance As LongstrFilter As StringstrCustomFilter As StringnMaxCustFilter As LongnFilterIndex As LongstrFile As StringnMaxFile As LongstrFileTitle As StringnMaxFileTitle As LongstrInitialDir As StringstrTitle As StringFlags As LongnFileOffset As IntegernFileExtension As IntegerstrDefExt As StringlCustData As LonglpfnHook As LonglpTemplateName As StringEnd Type Declare Function aht_apiGetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As Boolean Declare Function aht_apiGetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As BooleanDeclare Function CommDlgExtendedError Lib "comdlg32.dll" () As Long Global Const ahtOFN_READONLY = &H1Global Const ahtOFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2Global Const ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4Global Const ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8Global Const ahtOFN_SHOWHELP = &H10' You won't use these.'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLEHOOK = &H20'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATE = &H40'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE = &H80Global Const ahtOFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100Global Const ahtOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200Global Const ahtOFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = &H400Global Const ahtOFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800Global Const ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000Global Const ahtOFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000Global Const ahtOFN_SHAREAWARE = &H4000Global Const ahtOFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000Global Const ahtOFN_NOTESTFILECREATE = &H10000Global Const ahtOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000Global Const ahtOFN_NOLONGNAMES = &H40000' New for Windows 95Global Const ahtOFN_EXPLORER = &H80000Global Const ahtOFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000Global Const ahtOFN_LONGNAMES = &H200000 Function TestIt()Dim strFilter As StringDim lngFlags As LongstrFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Access Files (*.mda, *.mdb)", _"*.MDA;*.MDB")strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "dBASE Files (*.dbf)", "*.DBF")strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Text Files (*.txt)", "*.TXT")strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "All Files (*.*)", "*.*")MsgBox "You selected: " & ahtCommonFileOpenSave(InitialDir:="C:", _Filter:=strFilter, FilterIndex:=3, Flags:=lngFlags, _DialogTitle:="Hello! Open Me!")' Since you passed in a variable for lngFlags,' the function places the output flags value in the variable.Debug.Print Hex(lngFlags)End Function Function GetOpenFile(Optional varDirectory As Variant, _Optional varTitleForDialog As Variant) As Variant' Here's an example that gets an Access database name.Dim strFilter As StringDim lngFlags As LongDim varFileName As Variant' Specify that the chosen file must already exist,' don't change directories when you're done' Also, don't bother displaying' the read-only box. It'll only confuse people.lngFlags = ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST Or _ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY Or ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIRIf IsMissing(varDirectory) ThenvarDirectory = ""End IfIf IsMissing(varTitleForDialog) ThenvarTitleForDialog = ""End If ' Define the filter string and allocate space in the "c"' string Duplicate this line with changes as necessary for' more file templates.strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, _"Access (*.mdb)", "*.MDB;*.MDA")' Now actually call to get the file name.varFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _OpenFile:=True, _InitialDir:=varDirectory, _Filter:=strFilter, _Flags:=lngFlags, _DialogTitle:=varTitleForDialog)If Not IsNull(varFileName) ThenvarFileName = TrimNull(varFileName)End IfGetOpenFile = varFileNameEnd Function Function ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _Optional ByRef Flags As Variant, _Optional ByVal InitialDir As Variant, _Optional ByVal Filter As Variant, _Optional ByVal FilterIndex As Variant, _Optional ByVal DefaultExt As Variant, _Optional ByVal FileName As Variant, _Optional ByVal DialogTitle As Variant, _Optional ByVal hwnd As Variant, _Optional ByVal OpenFile As Variant) As Variant' This is the entry point you'll use to call the common' file open/save dialog. The parameters are listed' below, and all are optional.'' In:' Flags: one or more of the ahtOFN_* constants, OR'd together.' InitialDir: the directory in which to first look' Filter: a set of file filters, set up by calling' AddFilterItem. See examples.' FilterIndex: 1-based integer indicating which filter' set to use, by default (1 if unspecified)' DefaultExt: Extension to use if the user doesn't enter one.' Only useful on file saves.' FileName: Default value for the file name text box.' DialogTitle: Title for the dialog.' hWnd: parent window handle' OpenFile: Boolean(True=Open File/False=Save As)' Out:' Return Value: Either Null or the selected filenameDim OFN As tagOPENFILENAMEDim strFileName As StringDim strFileTitle As StringDim fResult As Boolean' Give the dialog a caption title.If IsMissing(InitialDir) Then InitialDir = CurDirIf IsMissing(Filter) Then Filter = ""If IsMissing(FilterIndex) Then FilterIndex = 1If IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = 0&If IsMissing(DefaultExt) Then DefaultExt = ""If IsMissing(FileName) Then FileName = ""If IsMissing(DialogTitle) Then DialogTitle = ""If IsMissing(hwnd) Then hwnd = Application.hWndAccessAppIf IsMissing(OpenFile) Then OpenFile = True' Allocate string space for the returned strings.strFileName = Left(FileName & String(256, 0), 256)strFileTitle = String(256, 0)' Set up the data structure before you call the functionWith OFN.lStructSize = Len(OFN).hwndOwner = hwnd.strFilter = Filter.nFilterIndex = FilterIndex.strFile = strFileName.nMaxFile = Len(strFileName).strFileTitle = strFileTitle.nMaxFileTitle = Len(strFileTitle).strTitle = DialogTitle.Flags = Flags.strDefExt = DefaultExt.strInitialDir = InitialDir' Didn't think most people would want to deal with' these options..hInstance = 0'.strCustomFilter = ""'.nMaxCustFilter = 0.lpfnHook = 0'New for NT 4.0.strCustomFilter = String(255, 0).nMaxCustFilter = 255End With' This will pass the desired data structure to the' Windows API, which will in turn it uses to display' the Open/Save As Dialog.If OpenFile ThenfResult = aht_apiGetOpenFileName(OFN)ElsefResult = aht_apiGetSaveFileName(OFN)End If ' The function call filled in the strFileTitle member' of the structure. You'll have to write special code' to retrieve that if you're interested.If fResult Then' You might care to check the Flags member of the' structure to get information about the chosen file.' In this example, if you bothered to pass in a' value for Flags, we'll fill it in with the outgoing' Flags value.If Not IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = OFN.FlagsahtCommonFileOpenSave = TrimNull(OFN.strFile)ElseahtCommonFileOpenSave = vbNullStringEnd IfEnd Function Function ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter As String, _strDescription As String, Optional varItem As Variant) As String' Tack a new chunk onto the file filter.' That is, take the old value, stick onto it the description,' (like "Databases"), a null character, the skeleton' (like "*.mdb;*.mda") and a final null character. If IsMissing(varItem) Then varItem = "*.*"ahtAddFilterItem = strFilter & _strDescription & vbNullChar & _varItem & vbNullCharEnd Function Private Function TrimNull(ByVal strItem As String) As StringDim intPos As IntegerintPos = InStr(strItem, vbNullChar)If intPos > 0 ThenTrimNull = Left(strItem, intPos - 1)ElseTrimNull = strItemEnd IfEnd Function Private Sub Command20_Click() Dim strFilter As String Dim strInputFileName As String strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "CSV Files (*.csv)", "*.csv")strInputFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _Filter:=strFilter, OpenFile:=True, _DialogTitle:="Please select an input file...", _Flags:=ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY) End Sub 'This code was originally written by Ken Getz.'It is not to be altered or distributed,'except as part of an application.'You are free to use it in any application,'provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.'' Code courtesy of:' Microsoft Access 95 How-To' Ken Getz and Paul Litwin' Waite Group Press, 1996
Thanks!!
KellyJo
Hello,
I would like to put a cmdbutton on a form to open the File Dialog box directly from Access whereby users can search through folders and open a any file selected.
I have searched the web and found a link:
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm
I have copied the code into a module and the code behind the cmdbutton but getting an error.
Can anyone help me is finding a solution or an example? Thanks.
I know that this is possible.
I need to import a spreadsheet via a button, I don't know the name of the sheet nor the location. I need to have the open dialog box appear. I tried the import code which will not work without a name and location.
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, 8, "GoldenViewIn", " ", True, ""
Help
We have a system which calls a form from a hyperlink. The called form opens in Dialog mode (a box with a border which "Overlays" the screen). It has been working well until now when a new user has started using a computer with a smaller screen which can't display all of the dialog box (they don't have access to critical fields).
For now I have changed the mode of opening to normal which provides scroll bars but this only opens to the right of the navigation menu. Is there a way to set up scrolling within the dialog box.