I'm trying to import a file that's being updated with information from an RS232 data logger. While there is no information updating the file, it's safe to import the file and then empty it which can be done from DOS copy commands, essentially I do the following:
Make a snapshot of the existing data into an upload.txt file, import it into Access, overwrite the logging.txt file with a blank copy, overwrite the snapshot with a blank copy.
The reason I'm doing this in DOS is that the import routine fails within Access saying that the logging.txt file is already in use and can't be accessed (I'm assuming that Access wants to take full control of the file, or opens it in a particular way hence the batch file approach)
The problem I'm experiencing is that Macros allow you to run batch files, but the macro continues to run immediately after the batch file is triggered to run, so in this particular case, the information in the logging.txt file isn't copied quick enough to the upload.txt file before Access tries to import it, meaning that Access imports no information (empty file) and then the macro of course runs the second batch file which then empties both the logging.txt file and the upload.txt file.
Two options at the moment if suggestions are willing and available:
1) Somehow stop Access trying to take full control of the text file and allow it to import the information and then overwrite the file with a blank copy.
2) Make Access wait until the batch file has finished before proceeding with the macro.
A couple of thoughts cross my mind for option 2, a timed loop to wait for the batch file, although no guarantees on timing on that one and also perhaps having the batch file create a tag.txt file after the copy is complete which Access looks for before continuing the Macro (maybe have to go into VBA coding for that) then delete the tag file after import routine has finished (the tag file of course will not be in use, so deletion from within Access would be possible)
It's always better to bounce these ideas round the board before heading down one particular road.
I have some code that is running in a FOR NEXT loop. I am calling another form each pass of the loop. For some reason the form does not fully come up, the box and header text come up but nothing inside the Form.... Any thoughts.....
At the end I want to display another Form that confirms the updates/calculations. But I want the Form to close after say 2-3 seconds. I tried a wait function but that does not allow the form to fully open as above....the wait function is waiting for the time i want but it again does not allow the form to open....it waits and then the form closes, never showing what is in the form?
Does anyone know how I could open a form display some information and then have it automatically close after a few seconds.
I call the Function TIMEDELAY below which is calling the Function Wait....Once in TIMEDELAY it opens the form and then supposed to wait then close....but the form never fully opens? .....
I am trying to create a nightly batch run process that grabs contents from a fixed length text file. These files arrive daily and will be kept on a network drive. Can i schedule a specific time for access to run a load script?
Could someone please tell me if this is an appropriate way to ensure that all of my users open the most current version of my database each time?
I am not using workgroup security(not needed), and have the be and fe on the network drive. Right now everyone has their own copy of the fe so everytime I make a change they get a new copy emailed to them. I would like to use a batch file instead. This works but want to make sure that I am doing it correctly if I just send everyone this batch file to put on their desktop (CostSavings.bat)
@echo off
if not exist "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICEMSACCESS.EXE" goto Access11
"C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICEMSACCESS.EXE" "V:ProjectMaterialsPurchSQECost SavingsCostSavings2005.mdb" goto end
:Access11 "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICE11MSACCESS.EXE" "V:ProjectMaterialsPurchSQECost SavingsCostSavings2005.mdb" goto end
I am trying to automatically update a front end with a batch file. I have searched and found a great solution :D but I am having one issue :confused: .
The batch file runs great . . . goes to the network drive; compares the version;deletes the old front end on my system and replaces it; opens access with the new version.
The issue is that is keeps the old version open. I see on some posts that some of you did this successfully but nobody went into that detail. I have tried multiple things but still can't get it. :D
I want to use a batch file to start the DB. This will check if the Front End is on the users machine and if not copy it over.
It will then check what version of Access they are running and use the appropriate shortcut to open the Database.
This all works fine except that the Batch File does not close down until the Database is closed. Is there anyway to close the Batch File automatically while the database is running?
The Batch file I am using is
@echo off rem ************************************* rem ** Batch file to copy FE ** rem *************************************
rem ** Copy Database **
if not exist "c:DB" md "c:DB" if not exist "c:DBFE.mdb" copy "NetworkPathFE.mdb" "c:DBFE.mdb" if exist "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice10MSACCESS.EXE" goto Office10 if exist "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice11MSACCESS.EXE" goto Office11 if exist "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOfficeMSACCESS.EXE" goto Office
:Office10 "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice10MSACCESS.EXE" "c:DBFE.mdb" /WRKGRP "NetworkPathSecured.mdw" goto End
:Office11 "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice11MSACCESS.EXE" "c:DBFE.mdb" /WRKGRP "NetworkPathSecured.mdw" goto End
:Office "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOfficeMSACCESS.EXE" "c:DBFE.mdb" /WRKGRP "NetworkPathSecured.mdw" goto End
i want to create a batch file that basically backs up the database file i want into a folder as follows
x:ackupsdatabase020206db.mdb
i know that the command to create the folder is mkdir but i want to know how to integrate the data into the folder name so that this batch file can be run in windows scheduler and i dont have to worry about it overwriting the existing folder name.
Ok. I have a database. I have a report. I want to batch export this report to either html/xml/rtf files. However, at present, the problem is that by default, I can batch export to html but it will produce a sequential list of files with the suffix page 1; page 2; etc.
I want to batch export to html/xml/rtf but name the output files based on an field within the database. (I have a field that is called filename, and would like to replicate this in the output reports)
I need to update a number of copies of the same application in different locations.
To do this I need to import new objects (ie. 10 forms, 3 queries, 5 macros etc.).
This takes two steps: 1. Delete the objects in the old DB 2. Import the objects into the odl DB from a temp DB that contains the new objects.
Is there any way to batch delete a bunch of objects? Otherwise I have the chance of missing an object and have the import create a replacement object (ie. fUpdateForm1) with the numbver 1,2 3 etc appended.
I can't just swap out the old database and replace it with a new database, and I already have my data linked from anther DB.
I am trying to make on load even to check if server side applicate FE is same as of client side FE. For this I am quering a field to check no and if it is not same then to start a batch file which copies and replaces client side FE.
Problem is if access application is running, it gives error. So I need to close the db and replace application.
I know xcopy command to replace file but do no how to trigger close application.
Any way to deploy the mde with a batch file? I been looking for way other than the autofeupdater. Can't get it to work since I prefere not to involve the users. I been getting bits and pieces; but it seems like you send a bat file to the users via email and when they run the script; it appends itself to the doc and settings in the users folder??
This code is supposed to loop around a directory of photos (named after a project), and then copy a new photos (from another directory) to this folder, numbering them and the logging them in a table tphotos.The first time a copy photos to a new directory the code works fine. And I think I had it working fine before, but now when I copy photos to a pre-existing directory that has already photos, it only overwrites the first photo, instead looking for the last photo and attributing the new photo number n+1.
I've done debug.print in the code, and it looks like is not going into If NewFileName = f1.Name, therefore doesn't compare the newfilename with the files in the folder.
Code: Private Sub cmdAddPhoto_Click() Dim fs, f, f1, fc, s Dim fDial As FileDialog Dim SourcefileName, destDir, FileExt, NewFileName, prjID As String Dim intSel, FileNumber As Integer Dim varSelFile As Variant Dim rsPhoto As Recordset Dim myDB As Database
I am using MS Access 2007 and I am trying, from my VBA code, to execute (or run) a Batch file. Now the batch foile works, but not from my code.
I used to be able to just do this --> Call Shell("S:AccountingAPTex FilesFile List Generator.cmd ", 1) And it would runit. But using this I get a message telling me that it is an invalid procedure call. So upon looking around on the net I found tha ton place said that with MS Access 2007 you need to do this:
But while it does not error out it dooes noting eitheer. What the batch file does, when it works, is produces a list of all the file names in a folder.
I'm sure most people use Windows shortcuts to open their secured databases, but I found that it didn't always work (depending on which computer I used). Editing a shortcut is pretty confusing since the command is all on one line. I decided to make a batch file to open my secured databases instead. Here's a batch file I use to open a database of mine:@ECHO OFFREM - Set variables to be used in the batch file.SET BACK=Z:BobManager Listdb_be.mdbSET FRONT=Z:BobManager Listdb_fe.mdbSET WRKGRP=Z:BobManager ListSecured.mdwSET OFFICE=C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICE11MSACCESS.EXEIF EXIST "%OFFICE%" GOTO PROMPTSET OFFICE=C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice10MSACCESS.EXEGOTO PROMPTREM - Ask the user which end to open.:PROMPTCLSSET /P dbChoice=Do you wish to open the frontend(1) or the backend(2)? if "%dbChoice%" == "1" ( "%OFFICE%" "%FRONT%" /wrkgrp "%WRKGRP%" GOTO END)if "%dbChoice%" == "2" ( "%OFFICE%" "%BACK%" /wrkgrp "%WRKGRP%" GOTO END):ENDThis isn't the simplest batch file ever, but if you want to use this you just need to change the paths to your frontend, backend, workgroup file, and your version of Access. If Office was installed in the default location you shouldn't need to change those lines, unless you know you'll always be using the same version of Access.
I am looking to find some code that I can use in a batch file to compact an Access 2000 database that has a database password set on it.
I know about "C:WIPSPOCOneCall_BE.mdb" /compact but need to find a way to pass it the password. What it does at the moment is open and waits for the password to be entered, and then it just opens.
I am looking to set up a scheduled task so that the database gets compacted every night.
I have 100 or so 2-sheet excel workbooks. I need to import them all into an access table for analysis. They are all exactly the same format/layout etc but obviously have different data in them (they are customer satisfaction surveys). I only want to export 1 out of the 2 sheets on each workbook (the other is a front end, the data sits behind in sheet 2).
So, at the moment I have to go to 'get external data' > 'import' > select excel and then double click each file individually and then go through the import wizard. Now, I can get them all into one table but it's clearly time consuming.
Is there anyway of doing a batch import of multiple excel files to cut out the manual work described above? Or can anyone suggest a lateral get around?
Any help much appreciated. I should say that I am running excel 2003 and access XP (2002)
I know this can be done but I'm a novice at VBA. I have a batch file AutoLoop.bat which I run from command prompt at the moment. The idea is to run a VBA routine behind the onClick event of a command button in Access which would run this batch file in command prompt automatically. Say if the batch file path is I:AUTOGENLOOPGENAutoLoop.bat, what VBA code can be used.
I've created some code to make a backup of my database backend. I've tested it and it seems to work fine, I just have some questions about it's use. Here's the code:
Code: Public Sub backupBackend() Dim TestFile As String Dim strReplFile As String Dim copyFromLocation As String Dim copyToLocation As String copyFromLocation = "S:Trust 2 AnalysisData"
[code]....
It will be triggered by a button push. It creates a batch file to do the copy operation and then delete itself.
In an ideal world I would schedule the backup at a safe time through the Windows scheduler, but our IT department won't allow me to do so.
The concern I have is that we could potentially press the backup button while a user is performing an action that writes/modifies data. If this were to happen would my backup potentially contain corrupted data?
If so, is the workaround to simply press the backup button when nobody is using the database?
I have 4 tables with a field that holds a "batch number" there can be many batch numbers in these fields.I want if possible to replace a batch number from all my tables that contains that data and replace it with another batch number in one go. is a macro the only way to do this.I would like a macro that asks me the batch number to replace and then asks me the number to replace it.
I am just getting started creation a new database for batch process production records that will be filled completed in the field real time. I had started out creating a table that had fields for each step of the process. Such as:
I have seperate tables for listing equipment, Processes and standard times for each step of the process. I realize that another way of doing it would be to create another table with a list of the process steps and then my table would look somethink like this.
The problem is, I want a form (batchsheet) that already has all of the steps listed for the data entry person and simply a blank for them to enter what time they completed each step. I dont want the client to have to select a [step].
I need to schedule the opening of a MS Access database which is password protected.
I think the best way to do this would be to use schedule a batch process to run, can anyone help with the script to create a batch proccess to only OPEN and CLOSE an MS Access database?
