Modules & VBA :: How To Check If Boolean Variable Has Been Set
Nov 25, 2014
I have an Access 2010 db which has a load of global variables of type Boolean. The values are different for each machine the database is stored on, so I have a linked table to a separate Access mdb. On startup the database opens the linked table and assigns values to each variable.
However I need to differentiate between a valuable value of False and the variable having not been set. As boolean variables default to False, this is a problem. One option is to use data type Variant, but I know this is not efficient. I am considering using data type Byte instead of Boolean, with 1 as False and 2 as True.
I have a backup subroutine which automatically triggers when the front-end is closed down (it just takes the back-end, makes a copy and compacts it).It's driven off a hidden form which I use to track who is connected to the BE at any given time. This form is opened as part of the AutoExec when the FE is opened and writes some basic user info to a table. When the form is closed, it updates the table and fires the backup process before quitting Access.
Part of that user tracking process checks to see if the same user is already connected - either elsewhere (i.e. on a different machine) or on the same machine (i.e. opening a second instance of the same FE) - which is undesirable (and, frankly, unlikely, but not impossible) A brief prompt appears to explain that they can only be connected once, at which point the application is quit (to enforce the rule) This also works fine.
I would add a public boolean variable, set it to True by default, then switch it to False if the same user is already logged on before quitting Access.Trouble is, the variable doesn't seem to be holding its value? Here is the Load event for the tracking form :
Code: Private Sub Form_Load()
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Dim dbs As Database Dim rst As Recordset Dim strSQL As String Call InterfaceInitialise blnPerformBackup = True
[code]...
For some reason, blnPerformBackup is False every time, even though I set it to True at the very start of the Load event (and it is a Public variable, defined in a separate module where I store all my Public constants and variables)
why it is not retaining its value from the Load event? I've checked and it does get set to True - and when I debug, it remains True - but at runtime it reverts back to False by the time it reaches the decision whether to backup or not?
I have some code that will run if I am populating an empty table(no duplication's possible) but now I am trying to create a Sub to check for existence of a record and handling it going forward.
Anyways the big picture is looping through a text file and placing data where it needs to go. The code follows including some comments point to the issue.
Code: Sub PutinNewTag(TableIn As String, Tagtype As String, textline As String) Dim strSQL As String Dim NameIn As String Dim TagName As String Dim Db As DAO.Database Dim rstin As DAO.Recordset
I have a process that reads a list of files sequentially and then processes them .... As each file is processed, its name (strfile) gets written to a Table (Vault.[Processed_file])
I want to verify if the file exists in the table prior to processing it - if it exists, I won't process it again ...
I have a form used to gather data around some supplier details, and we have a review check box with Boolean data. I'm trying to establish a filter button to filter un-checked boxes by specific suppliers from a drop-down list.
Although I've been able to run filters on suppliers and the review checks separately, together I get a "Type Mismatch" error. I thought it might be because of the Boolean data type, so I tried converting that to String but get the same issue.
Error 91 - Object variable or With block variable not set
I am getting this error telling me that an object variable is not set.
I know which variable it is but when I step through the debugger it sets the variable and all is fine? Issue is that public variable of a class is not getting set when the VBA Editor is not open?
This code runs fine the FIRST time, however trows up a message the SECOND time it is run.
The error is on the line ".Range"
I am trying to sort records which have been exported to Excel.
Dim LR As Integer LR = 5 Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application") xlApp.Visible = True Set wbRef = xlApp.Workbooks.Add With wbRef
wbRef.Activate .Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate With ActiveSheet .Range("A2", .Cells(LR, "O").End(xlUp)).Sort Key1:=.Range("C2"), Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlYes End With end With
If I set a variable inside of a subroutine, it is set to nothing upon the end of the sub. Can I set a variable outside a sub and set its value, so that you can use it within subs?
I have an application where several different procedures are run repeatedly every xx seconds to get live updates from a server (different procedures depending which form the user currently has open.) Within each procedure, a separate single procedure is called only if a stored boolean setting is set as true. The setting itself is only changed very infrequently, such as on application startup, but needs to be initially set (i.e. it cannot just have a default of False if it is not set.)Because of this I am storing the setting in a single record table and have a function 'UsingWPilot' to return the boolean value. However, given the frequency that the setting needs to be accessed, and the fact that speed is crucial in the running of the app, I am considering adding a global string variable and modifying the function to look at the variable (possible values 'N' and 'Y') and only going to the table if the variable has not been set.
I have heard various things about how you should never if possible use global variables. My question is: is it faster to use a global variable than to open the table record each time?
option 1 :
Code:
Public Function UsingWPilot() As Boolean Dim db As DAO.Database Dim rs As DAO.Recordset Set db = CurrentDb Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("rbl_Settings_System")
Option 2:
Code:
Public Function UsingWPilot() As Boolean
Dim db As DAO.Database Dim rs As DAO.Recordset If Len(g_WPilot) > 0 Then UsingWPilot = (g_WPilot = "Y") Else Set db = CurrentDb Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("tbl_Settings_System")
I am just in the middle of writting a little bit of code that will go through each record in a query and export it into a word table. It's in the early stages but all was working yesterday. I've come to it this morning and ran it and now I get an error message;Run Time error 91: Object Variable or With Block Variable not set.
Code:
Private Sub Command15_Click() Dim MyDb As DAO.Database Dim rsLogin As DAO.Recordset Dim ObjHead As String Set MyDb = CurrentDb() Set rsLogin = MyDb.OpenRecordset("query here")
I have some code that will allow a user to pass to it the name of a report. The code will do various things to that report before presenting it for Preview, opening in Word etc.
At one point in the code I would like to refer to some control or property of the report. If I was to include this directly for one report, I might type:
Reports!Annual_Budget_Report.Recordsource = xyz
But instead of a specifc report, it would be the report as a variable (srReport_Name). However, if I type:
Reports!stReport_Name.Recordsource
The code complains, rightly, that there isn't a report called stReport_Name. The stReport_Name variable is currently set as String. I *think* the answer might lie in the variable type, but I'm still struggling.
I have a form in which am gathering information from the user to populate a table(Customer Master List) and at the same time (btn_Copy_Click Event)transferring the info to another form(Case) populating another table(Customer_Call). It is working fairly well, My issue is that before transferring the info I need to run a check(SQL Query) to make sure the customer or actually the Well ID don't exist in the Customer_Call table. I am trying to do this in pieces .....
1) capturing the well_Id in a variable(WellID) in the first form and using that to build the sql string and query the Customer_Call table.
2)once that works place it in a if / else clause to copy or not with appropriate messages
With that I am stuck in step 1
It works up until Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strSQL) the i get Run-time error '3061' Too few parameters. Expected 1.
Code: Dim WellID As String Dim strModel As String Dim strSQL As String Dim rst As DAO.Recordset WellID = Forms!f_Customer_Lookup.Well_ID MsgBox WellID ' testing to see if it picks up the correct box in form strSQL = "SELECT Customer_Call.[Cus_Well_ID] " & _ "FROM Customer_Call " & _ "WHERE Customer_Call.[Cus_Well_ID] = WellID;" Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strSQL) strModel = rst!Cus_Well_ID rst.Close MsgBox rst ' Testing to see if the strSQL captured the data Set rst = Nothing End Sub
I'm working on a software that was developed by someone who left the company. The problem is that the software works for all locations execpt one that is in austria, after debuging I found out that there is a statement in the code that uses boolean true or false, the only way it worked is when I put an if statement with false or true as string, ex: if doc = "true" then buttom line has anyone faced this problem, I searched microsoft website and they said that some vb engines don't convert boolean to string. Please Please if someone has a clue try to help. Thanks.
I have a search tool, but right now it is 100% case sensitive in the sense that if i search for "test" and my entry is "Test" it will not return any results.
is there any way to setup so I could say search for "Test" and it would find "test" properly? Or even to the extreme where I searched for "Tes*" and it came back with the "test" entry.
I use a macro that attaches a document automatically to an e-mail address ready to send this report is governed by a query of which the criteria is " loss order number " this is in a pdf format of which I need if possible
The problem I have is the same pdf file keeps attaching itself to the e-mail no matter which loss order number I select. The reason I think is because the report is called NCR so it is not changing from the previous one. What I think can solve it but not sure and don't know how to do is get the " loss order number " within the report name.
If I just send the report to a file direct it does work as I am prompted for a file name
Can the loss order number get into the file name within a macro/vba
I want to get the output of a vba query (only one solution possible) in to a variable but the variable stays empty.
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT info FROM evaluationtable WHERE evaluation= " & evaluationchoice & " ") var = rst(0).Value rst.Close
some explination: evaluation and info are fields of evaluationtable evaluationchoice is a field in an accessform where I can choice a value from the evaluation field
the table is build as this (only two fields) evaluation - info
I am trying to set the following variable that will be used to create a PDF file in an already existing folder and name the file WorkorderIDddmmyyyy-hhnnss.pdf
The following variable setting creates the filenameddmmyyyy-hhnnssWorkorderID.pdf.
I just can't figure out how to construct it correctly.
Also, is there a way to dynamically create a folder if the folder doesn't already exist? I currently hard code the folder name but would really like to create the folder name based upon some other variable.
I have a form which load data from variables in record set where i can make insert update and delete i need to load sub form when the form load the problem is that all text boxes in main box load from variable which are in rerecord set and how can navigate using navigation buttons in main form.
In the first variable I'm trying to get a string and combine it with a double in the second. Is it that I can't mix a string and a double in the one variable and if so how do I convert the double to a string?
