JosephEricDavis
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Access 2007 VBA - Relink database tables from code
The Access project I'm working on is divided into two access files, one is the back end that holds all the tables and the data. The other is the User interface that holds all the forms and reports and imports the tables as linked tables.
If the back end is ever moved then the front end has to relink the tables through the linked table manager. This application is being built for less savvy computer users and I have a requirement to add functionality to place a button on the main switchboard that will prompt the user for the file location of the back end and update the linked tables.
I've found the following...
http://www.fabalou.com/Access/Modules/refreshtables.asp
which looks like it will work, but I need to have the path before this will be effective. I would rather not have the user need to type in the path, but rather when they click on the button I would rather have it open an explorer window to have them navigate to and select the file. I would like to take that path and feed it into this method.
Currently when you go into the Linked Table Manager and relink tables it opens up a file search window for you to navigate to your access file. I would like to mimic this functionality from a button.
If anyone has a better solution than the way I'm going about this, I would also be open to that.
Thanks
If the back end is ever moved then the front end has to relink the tables through the linked table manager. This application is being built for less savvy computer users and I have a requirement to add functionality to place a button on the main switchboard that will prompt the user for the file location of the back end and update the linked tables.
I've found the following...
http://www.fabalou.com/Access/Modules/refreshtables.asp
which looks like it will work, but I need to have the path before this will be effective. I would rather not have the user need to type in the path, but rather when they click on the button I would rather have it open an explorer window to have them navigate to and select the file. I would like to take that path and feed it into this method.
Currently when you go into the Linked Table Manager and relink tables it opens up a file search window for you to navigate to your access file. I would like to mimic this functionality from a button.
If anyone has a better solution than the way I'm going about this, I would also be open to that.
Thanks
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