Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Type 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 String
End 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 Boolean
Declare Function CommDlgExtendedError Lib "comdlg32.dll" () As Long
Global Const ahtOFN_READONLY = &H1
Global Const ahtOFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2
Global Const ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4
Global Const ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8
Global Const ahtOFN_SHOWHELP = &H10
' You won't use these.
'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLEHOOK = &H20
'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATE = &H40
'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE = &H80
Global Const ahtOFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100
Global Const ahtOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200
Global Const ahtOFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = &H400
Global Const ahtOFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800
Global Const ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000
Global Const ahtOFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000
Global Const ahtOFN_SHAREAWARE = &H4000
Global Const ahtOFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000
Global Const ahtOFN_NOTESTFILECREATE = &H10000
Global Const ahtOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000
Global Const ahtOFN_NOLONGNAMES = &H40000
' New for Windows 95
Global Const ahtOFN_EXPLORER = &H80000
Global Const ahtOFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000
Global Const ahtOFN_LONGNAMES = &H200000
Function fRefreshLinks() As Boolean
Dim strMsg As String, collTbls As Collection
Dim i As Integer, strDBPath As String, strTbl As String
Dim dbCurr As Database, dbLink As Database
Dim tdfLocal As TableDef
Dim varRet As Variant
Dim strNewPath As String
Const cERR_USERCANCEL = vbObjectError + 1000
Const cERR_NOREMOTETABLE = vbObjectError + 2000
On Local Error GoTo fRefreshLinks_Err
If MsgBox("Do you want to re-point Advice-Line to a new data set? This function allows you to move between LIVE or TEST data for training purposes.", _
vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Please confirm...") = vbNo Then Err.Raise cERR_USERCANCEL
'First get all linked tables in a collection
Set collTbls = fGetLinkedTables
'now link all of them
Set dbCurr = CurrentDb
strMsg = "Using the following browser control, locate the file db_data.accdb on your network to reconnect your data. You may need to exit the system and re-load once you have done this. The type of data set loaded will be displayed on the login window when you re-load. Re-Load now?"
If MsgBox(strMsg, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Alternate data source...") = vbYes Then
strNewPath = fGetMDBName("Please select a new datasource")
Else
strNewPath = vbNullString
End If
For i = collTbls.count To 1 Step -1
strDBPath = fParsePath(collTbls(i))
strTbl = fParseTable(collTbls(i))
varRet = SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, "Now linking '" & strTbl & "'....")
If Left$(strDBPath, 4) = "ODBC" Then
'ODBC Tables
'ODBC Tables handled separately
' Set tdfLocal = dbCurr.TableDefs(strTbl)
' With tdfLocal
' .Connect = pcCONNECT
' .RefreshLink
' collTbls.Remove (strTbl)
' End With
Else
If strNewPath <> vbNullString Then
'Try this first
strDBPath = strNewPath
Else
If Len(Dir(strDBPath)) = 0 Then
'File Doesn't Exist, call GetOpenFileName
strDBPath = fGetMDBName("'" & strDBPath & "' not found.")
If strDBPath = vbNullString Then
'user pressed cancel
Err.Raise cERR_USERCANCEL
End If
End If
End If
'backend database exists
'putting it here since we could have
'tables from multiple sources
Set dbLink = DBEngine(0).OpenDatabase(strDBPath)
'check to see if the table is present in dbLink
strTbl = fParseTable(collTbls(i))
If fIsRemoteTable(dbLink, strTbl) Then
'everything's ok, reconnect
Set tdfLocal = dbCurr.TableDefs(strTbl)
With tdfLocal
.Connect = ";Database=" & strDBPath
.RefreshLink
collTbls.Remove (.Name)
End With
Else
Err.Raise cERR_NOREMOTETABLE
End If
End If
Next
fRefreshLinks = True
varRet = SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
MsgBox "All Access tables were successfully reconnected.", _
vbInformation + vbOKOnly, _
"Success"
fRefreshLinks_End:
Set collTbls = Nothing
Set tdfLocal = Nothing
Set dbLink = Nothing
Set dbCurr = Nothing
Exit Function
fRefreshLinks_Err:
fRefreshLinks = False
Select Case Err
Case 3059:
Case cERR_USERCANCEL:
MsgBox "No Database was specified, couldn't link tables.", _
vbCritical + vbOKOnly, _
"Error in refreshing links."
Resume fRefreshLinks_End
Case cERR_NOREMOTETABLE:
MsgBox "Table '" & strTbl & "' was not found in the database" & _
vbCrLf & dbLink.Name & ". Couldn't refresh links", _
vbCritical + vbOKOnly, _
"Error in refreshing links."
Resume fRefreshLinks_End
Case Else:
strMsg = "Error Information..." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
strMsg = strMsg & "Function: fRefreshLinks" & vbCrLf
strMsg = strMsg & "Description: " & Err.Description & vbCrLf
strMsg = strMsg & "Error #: " & Format$(Err.Number) & vbCrLf
MsgBox strMsg, vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "Error"
Resume fRefreshLinks_End
End Select
End Function
Function fIsRemoteTable(dbRemote As Database, strTbl As String) As Boolean
Dim tdf As TableDef
On Error Resume Next
Set tdf = dbRemote.TableDefs(strTbl)
fIsRemoteTable = (Err = 0)
Set tdf = Nothing
End 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 filename
Dim OFN As tagOPENFILENAME
Dim strFileName As String
Dim strFileTitle As String
Dim 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
If Flags And ahtOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT Then
' Return the full array.
Dim items As Variant
Dim value As String
value = OFN.strFile
' Get rid of empty items:
Dim i As Integer
For i = Len(value) To 1 Step -1
If Mid$(value, i, 1) <> Chr$(0) Then
Exit For
End If
Next i
value = Mid(value, 1, i)
' Break the list up at null characters:
items = Split(value, Chr(0))
' Loop through the items in the "array",
' and build full file names:
Dim numItems As Integer
Dim result() As String
numItems = UBound(items) + 1
If numItems > 1 Then
ReDim result(0 To numItems - 2)
For i = 1 To numItems - 1
result(i - 1) = FixPath(items(0)) & items(i)
Next i
ahtCommonFileOpenSave = result
Else
' If you only select a single item,
' Windows just places it in item 0.
ahtCommonFileOpenSave = items(0)
End If
Else
ahtCommonFileOpenSave = TrimNull(OFN.strFile)
End If
Else
ahtCommonFileOpenSave = vbNullString
End If
End Function
Function fGetMDBName(strIn As String) As String
'Calls GetOpenFileName dialog
Dim strFilter As String
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, _
"Access Database(*.accdb) ", _
"*.accdb")
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, _
"All Files (*.*)", _
"*.*")
fGetMDBName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave(Filter:=strFilter, _
OpenFile:=True, _
DialogTitle:=strIn, _
Flags:=ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY)
End Function
Function fGetLinkedTables() As Collection
'Returns all linked tables
Dim collTables As New Collection
Dim tdf As TableDef, db As Database
Set db = CurrentDb
db.TableDefs.Refresh
For Each tdf In db.TableDefs
With tdf
If Len(.Connect) > 0 Then
If Left$(.Connect, 4) = "ODBC" Then
' collTables.Add Item:=.Name & ";" & .Connect, KEY:=.Name
'ODBC Reconnect handled separately
Else
collTables.Add Item:=.Name & .Connect, Key:=.Name
End If
End If
End With
Next
Set fGetLinkedTables = collTables
Set collTables = Nothing
Set tdf = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Function
Function fParsePath(strIn As String) As String
If Left$(strIn, 4) <> "ODBC" Then
fParsePath = Right(strIn, Len(strIn) _
- (InStr(1, strIn, "DATABASE=") + 8))
Else
fParsePath = strIn
End If
End Function
Function fParseTable(strIn As String) As String
fParseTable = Left$(strIn, InStr(1, strIn, ";") - 1)
End Function
Function ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter As String, _
strDescription As String, Optional varItem As Variant) As String
' Tack a new chunk onto the file filter.
' That is, take the old value, stick onto it the description,
' (like "Databases"), a null character, the skeleton
' (like "*.mdb;*.mda") and a final null character.
If IsMissing(varItem) Then varItem = "*.*"
ahtAddFilterItem = strFilter & _
strDescription & vbNullChar & _
varItem & vbNullChar
End Function
Private Function TrimNull(ByVal strItem As String) As String
Dim intPos As Integer
intPos = InStr(strItem, vbNullChar)
If intPos > 0 Then
TrimNull = Left(strItem, intPos - 1)
Else
TrimNull = strItem
End If
End Function
Private Function FixPath(ByVal path As String) As String
If Right$(path, 1) <> "\" Then
FixPath = path & "\"
Else
FixPath = path
End If
End Function
