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in short, some functions are accessible from within access, but must be named differently when called from outside (using a different library, in short ADO vs DAO)<br />
the solution is to either use DAO connection (JET library) when connecting from excel, or to change the function name.
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in short, some functions are accessible from within access, but must be named differently when called from outside (using a different library, in short ADO vs DAO)
the solution is to either use DAO connection (JET library) when connecting from excel, or to change the function name.

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Is the function something that you, or someone else, has created rather than a standard Access function?
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Is the function something that you, or someone else, has created rather than a standard Access function?

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It is a function I created.
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Thanks, wasn't sure if it was even possible. &nbsp;Doesn't seem like it is.
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Thanks, wasn't sure if it was even possible.  Doesn't seem like it is.

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I have a query in Access 2010 that calls a function within the database. The query runs successfully when run inside Access. My question is when I try to call this query through VBA in Excel, it does not recognize the function and errors out. Is this possible to perform in Excel?
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I have a query in Access 2010 that calls a function within the database. The query runs successfully when run inside Access. My question is when I try to call this query through VBA in Excel, it does not recognize the function and errors out. Is this possible to perform in Excel?

Run Access query with functions - Excel

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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables building user-defined functions (UDFs), automating processes and accessing Windows API and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). VBA is closely related to Visual Basic and uses the Visual Basic Runtime Library, but it can normally only run code within a host application rather than as a standalone program. It can, however, be used to control one application from another via OLE Automation. VBA is built into most Microsoft Office applications.