Could someone supply me with the code for placing a button on a form that brings up the file upload window so that I can place a file in an OLE object box, if it can be done at all.


Thanks

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Declare Function GetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias _
"GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Declare Function GetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias _
"GetSaveFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Boolean

Type MSA_OPENFILENAME
' Filter string used for the Open dialog filters.
' Use MSA_CreateFilterString() to create this.
' Default = All Files, *.*
strFilter As String
' Initial Filter to display.
' Default = 1.
lngFilterIndex As Long
' Initial directory for the dialog to open in.
' Default = Current working directory.
strInitialDir As String
' Initial file name to populate the dialog with.
' Default = "".
strInitialFile As String
strDialogTitle As String
' Default extension to append to file if user didn't specify one.
' Default = System Values (Open File, Save File).
strDefaultExtension As String
' Flags (see constant list) to be used.
' Default = no flags.
lngFlags As Long
' Full path of file picked. When the File Open dialog box is
' presented, if the user picks a nonexistent file,
' only the text in the "File Name" box is returned.
strFullPathReturned As String
' File name of file picked.
strFileNameReturned As String
' Offset in full path (strFullPathReturned) where the file name
' (strFileNameReturned) begins.
intFileOffset As Integer
' Offset in full path (strFullPathReturned) where the file extension begins.
intFileExtension As Integer
End Type

Const ALLFILES = "All Files"

Type OPENFILENAME
lStructSize As Long
hwndOwner As Long
hInstance As Long
lpstrFilter As String
lpstrCustomFilter As Long
nMaxCustrFilter As Long
nFilterIndex As Long
lpstrFile As String
nMaxFile As Long
lpstrFileTitle As String
nMaxFileTitle As Long
lpstrInitialDir As String
lpstrTitle As String
Flags As Long
nFileOffset As Integer
nFileExtension As Integer
lpstrDefExt As String
lCustrData As Long
lpfnHook As Long
lpTemplateName As Long
End Type

Const OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200
Const OFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000
Const OFN_EXPLORER = &H80000
Const OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000
Const OFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4
Const OFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8
Const OFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000
Const OFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000
Const OFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000
Const OFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100
Const OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2
Const OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800
Const OFN_READONLY = &H1
Const OFN_SHOWHELP = &H10


Function MSA_CreateFilterString(ParamArray varFilt() As Variant) As String
' Creates a filter string from the passed in arguments.
' Returns "" if no argumentss are passed in.
' Expects an even number of argumentss (filter name, extension), but
' if an odd number is passed in, it appends "*.*".

Dim strFilter As String
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim intNum As Integer

intNum = UBound(varFilt)
If (intNum <> -1) Then
For intRet = 0 To intNum
strFilter = strFilter & varFilt(intRet) & vbNullChar
Next
If intNum Mod 2 = 0 Then
strFilter = strFilter & "*.*" & vbNullChar
End If

strFilter = strFilter & vbNullChar
Else
strFilter = ""
End If

MSA_CreateFilterString = strFilter
End Function

Function MSA_ConvertFilterString(strFilterIn As String) As String
' Creates a filter string from a bar ("|") separated string.
' The string should pairs of filter|extension strings, i.e. "Access Databases|*.mdb|All Files|*.*"
' If no extensions exists for the last filter pair, *.* is added.
' This code will ignore any empty strings, i.e. "| |" pairs.
' Returns "" if the strings passed in is empty.


Dim strFilter As String
Dim intNum As Integer, intPos As Integer, intLastPos As Integer

strFilter = ""
intNum = 0
intPos = 1
intLastPos = 1

' Add strings as long as we find bars.
' Ignore any empty strings (not allowed).
Do
intPos = InStr(intLastPos, strFilterIn, "|")
If (intPos > intLastPos) Then
strFilter = strFilter & Mid(strFilterIn, intLastPos, intPos - intLastPos) & vbNullChar
intNum = intNum + 1
intLastPos = intPos + 1
ElseIf (intPos = intLastPos) Then
intLastPos = intPos + 1
End If
Loop Until (intPos = 0)

' Get last string if it exists (assuming strFilterIn was not bar terminated).
intPos = Len(strFilterIn)
If (intPos >= intLastPos) Then
strFilter = strFilter & Mid(strFilterIn, intLastPos, intPos - intLastPos + 1) & vbNullChar
intNum = intNum + 1
End If

' Add *.* if there's no extension for the last string.
If intNum Mod 2 = 1 Then
strFilter = strFilter & "*.*" & vbNullChar
End If

' Add terminating NULL if we have any filter.
If strFilter <> "" Then
strFilter = strFilter & vbNullChar
End If

MSA_ConvertFilterString = strFilter
End Function

Private Function MSA_GetSaveFileName(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME) As Integer
' Opens the file save dialog.

Dim of As OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer

MSAOF_to_OF msaof, of
of.Flags = of.Flags Or OFN_HIDEREADONLY
intRet = GetSaveFileName(of)
If intRet Then
OF_to_MSAOF of, msaof
End If
MSA_GetSaveFileName = intRet
End Function

Function MSA_SimpleGetSaveFileName() As String
' Opens the file save dialog with default values.

Dim msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim strRet As String

intRet = MSA_GetSaveFileName(msaof)
If intRet Then
strRet = msaof.strFullPathReturned
End If

MSA_SimpleGetSaveFileName = strRet
End Function

Private Function MSA_GetOpenFileName(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME) As Integer
' Opens the Open dialog.

Dim of As OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer

MSAOF_to_OF msaof, of
intRet = GetOpenFileName(of)
If intRet Then
OF_to_MSAOF of, msaof
End If
MSA_GetOpenFileName = intRet
End Function

Function MSA_SimpleGetOpenFileName() As String
' Opens the Open dialog with default values.

Dim msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim strRet As String

intRet = MSA_GetOpenFileName(msaof)
If intRet Then
strRet = msaof.strFullPathReturned
End If

MSA_SimpleGetOpenFileName = strRet
End Function

Public Function CheckLinks() As Boolean
' Check links to the Northwind database; returns True if links are OK.

Dim dbs As Database, rst As Recordset

Set dbs = CurrentDb

' Open linked table to see if connection information is correct.
On Error Resume Next
Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset("Products")

' If there's no error, return True.
If Err = 0 Then
CheckLinks = True
Else
CheckLinks = False
End If

End Function

Private Sub OF_to_MSAOF(of As OPENFILENAME, msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME)
' This sub converts from the Win32 structure to the Microsoft Access structure.

msaof.strFullPathReturned = Left(of.lpstrFile, InStr(of.lpstrFile, vbNullChar) - 1)
msaof.strFileNameReturned = of.lpstrFileTitle
msaof.intFileOffset = of.nFileOffset
msaof.intFileExtension = of.nFileExtension
End Sub

Private Sub MSAOF_to_OF(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME, of As OPENFILENAME)
' This sub converts from the Microsoft Access structure to the Win32 structure.

Dim strFile As String * 512

' Initialize some parts of the structure.
of.hwndOwner = Application.hWndAccessApp
of.hInstance = 0
of.lpstrCustomFilter = 0
of.nMaxCustrFilter = 0
of.lpfnHook = 0
of.lpTemplateName = 0
of.lCustrData = 0

If msaof.strFilter = "" Then
of.lpstrFilter = MSA_CreateFilterString(ALLFILES)
Else
of.lpstrFilter = msaof.strFilter
End If
of.nFilterIndex = msaof.lngFilterIndex

of.lpstrFile = msaof.strInitialFile _
& String(512 - Len(msaof.strInitialFile), 0)
of.nMaxFile = 511

of.lpstrFileTitle = String(512, 0)
of.nMaxFileTitle = 511

of.lpstrTitle = msaof.strDialogTitle

of.lpstrInitialDir = msaof.strInitialDir

of.lpstrDefExt = msaof.strDefaultExtension

of.Flags = msaof.lngFlags

of.lStructSize = Len(of)
End Sub

Private Function RefreshLinks(strFileName As String) As Boolean
' Refresh links to the supplied database. Return True if successful.

Dim dbs As Database
Dim tdf As TableDef

' Loop through all tables in the database.
Set dbs = CurrentDb
For Each tdf In dbs.TableDefs
' If the table has a connect string, it's a linked table.
If Len(tdf.Connect) > 0 Then
tdf.Connect = ";DATABASE=" & strFileName
Err = 0
On Error Resume Next
tdf.RefreshLink ' Relink the table.
If Err <> 0 Then
RefreshLinks = False
Exit Function
End If
End If
Next tdf

RefreshLinks = True ' Relinking complete.

End Function

Public Function RelinkTables() As Boolean
' Tries to refresh the links to the Northwind database.
' Returns True if successful.

Dim strAccDir As String
Dim strSearchPath As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim intError As Integer
Dim strError As String

Const conMaxTables = 8
Const conNonExistentTable = 3011
Const conNotNorthwind = 3078
Const conNwindNotFound = 3024
Const conAccessDenied = 3051
Const conReadOnlyDatabase = 3027
Const conAppTitle = "Developer Solutions"

' Get name of directory where MSAccess.exe is located.
strAccDir = SysCmd(acSysCmdAccessDir)

' Get the default sample database path.
If Dir(strAccDir & "Samples\.") = "" Then
strSearchPath = strAccDir
Else
strSearchPath = strAccDir & "Samples\"
End If

' Look for the Northwind database.
If (Dir(strSearchPath & "Northwind.mdb") <> "") Then
strFileName = strSearchPath & "Northwind.mdb"
Else
' Can't find Northwind, so display the Open dialog box.
MsgBox "Can't find linked tables in the Northwind database. You must locate Northwind in order to use " _
& conAppTitle & ".", vbExclamation
strFileName = FindNorthwind(strSearchPath)
If strFileName = "" Then
strError = "Sorry, you must locate Northwind to open " & conAppTitle & "."
GoTo Exit_Failed
End If
End If

' Fix the links.
If RefreshLinks(strFileName) Then
RelinkTables = True
Exit Function
End If

' If it failed, display an error.
Select Case Err
Case conNonExistentTable, conNotNorthwind
strError = "File '" & strFileName & "' does not contain the required Northwind tables."
Case Err = conNwindNotFound
strError = "You can't run " & conAppTitle & " until you locate the Northwind database."
Case Err = conAccessDenied
strError = "Couldn't open " & strFileName & " because it is read-only or located on a read-only share."
Case Err = conReadOnlyDatabase
strError = "Can't relink tables because " & conAppTitle & " is read-only or is located on a read-only share."
Case Else
strError = Err.Description
End Select

Exit_Failed:
MsgBox strError, vbCritical
RelinkTables = False

End Function


All you have to do is call MSA_SimpleGetOpenFileName() and it will open up the dialog box for you. Unfortunately, it's complicated... Hope this helps..

Doug