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Apr 18th, 2018, 09:54 AM
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Excel and Access VBA
I am trying to save an attachment into Access DB using Excel VBA. Do anyone know how to do it.
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Apr 18th, 2018, 04:10 PM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
is the attachment plain text or binary data?
what type of field do you have in the database?
i do my best to test code works before i post it, but sometimes am unable to do so for some reason, and usually say so if this is the case.
Note code snippets posted are just that and do not include error handling that is required in real world applications, but avoid On Error Resume Next
dim all variables as required as often i have done so elsewhere in my code but only posted the relevant part
come back and mark your original post as resolved if your problem is fixed
pete
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Apr 18th, 2018, 04:26 PM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
Originally Posted by westconn1
is the attachment plain text or binary data?
what type of field do you have in the database?
If you right click on Access fields you can see there is Attachment field. So I have created Attachment field in Access and now I want to save different files from Excel VBA to Access. When you select the file from Excel and open it then that file should be saved in Access directly
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Apr 18th, 2018, 04:29 PM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
This code is to open file
Dim cnn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
Dim fd As FileDialog
Dim var As Boolean
Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection
Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
fd.Filters.Clear
fd.Filters.Add "All Files", "*.*"
fd.FilterIndex = 1
var = fd.Show
If Not var Then
MsgBox "Please Select a file"
Exit Sub
End If
fd.Execute
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This code is to save the file
Dim cnn As ADODB.Connection
Dim fd As FileDialog
Dim var As Boolean
Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection
cnn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\File.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;"
Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs)
fd.Show
If Not var Then
MsgBox "Enter name to save file"
End If
fd.Execute
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But this code is saving my file into selected destination I want is when you run the code it should directly get stored in access table were I have created Attachment field.
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Apr 19th, 2018, 06:38 AM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
Code:
RS.Fields("REPORT_NUMBERS").Value = "Fieldd"
Set rsAttachments = RS.Fields("ATTACHMENTS").Value
rsAttachments.AddNew
rsAttachments.Fields("FileData").LoadFromFile SelectFile
rsAttachments.Update
rsAttachments.Close
RS.Fields("LOG_TIME").Value = Now
this is an example using DAO from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...sing-excel-vba, make sure to read the entire post
i do my best to test code works before i post it, but sometimes am unable to do so for some reason, and usually say so if this is the case.
Note code snippets posted are just that and do not include error handling that is required in real world applications, but avoid On Error Resume Next
dim all variables as required as often i have done so elsewhere in my code but only posted the relevant part
come back and mark your original post as resolved if your problem is fixed
pete
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Apr 19th, 2018, 09:58 AM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
Thank you so much for your reply can you please tell me where to insert this code as I am new to this. I really appreciate your help.
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Apr 19th, 2018, 04:14 PM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
where to insert this code
not really sure as you have 2 procedures above
are you trying to select a file from a dialog then copy the file into the database? or do you want to store a specific, already known file, or attachment to the database?
i do my best to test code works before i post it, but sometimes am unable to do so for some reason, and usually say so if this is the case.
Note code snippets posted are just that and do not include error handling that is required in real world applications, but avoid On Error Resume Next
dim all variables as required as often i have done so elsewhere in my code but only posted the relevant part
come back and mark your original post as resolved if your problem is fixed
pete
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Apr 20th, 2018, 08:34 AM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
I want to store a file from a dialog box and then store it in the database.
This is the code now I am using but I have problem in declaring object I am doing it by String but it gives me error in INSERT query of Missing operator. So how can I do this. Thank you for help
Dim fd As FileDialog
Dim SelectFile As String
Dim cnn As ADODB.Connection
Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
With fd
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.Title = "Please select file to attach"
If .Show = True Then
SelectFile = .SelectedItems(1)
Else
Exit Sub
End If
End With
Set fd = Nothing
cnn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\SaveFile.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;"
cnn.Open
Set rst = cnn.Execute("INSERT INTO Table1(AddFiles) VALUES('" & SelectFile & "')")
' rst.AddNew
rst.Fields(0).Value = "SelectFile"
rst.Update
rst.Close
cnn.Close
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Apr 20th, 2018, 10:53 PM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
i have never used the attachment field, but in think i saw somewhere that you can not insert into it, you would have to find the correct record (or add a record), then edit it to put the file into the attachment field, with code as i posted
it appears that an attachment field is like a separate table and can contain multiple files, so you have to add a record to the attachment field, within an existing record or a new record in the parent table
i did not see any examples using ADO to do this, most responses to this question recommended using DAO loadfromfile
i do my best to test code works before i post it, but sometimes am unable to do so for some reason, and usually say so if this is the case.
Note code snippets posted are just that and do not include error handling that is required in real world applications, but avoid On Error Resume Next
dim all variables as required as often i have done so elsewhere in my code but only posted the relevant part
come back and mark your original post as resolved if your problem is fixed
pete
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Apr 26th, 2018, 09:33 AM
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Re: Excel and Access VBA
Personally I would not recommend doing this as the db file will balloon very quickly (2gb limit remember).
I'd use a shared area (assuming its a work situation and they have a shared area where the db is) folder and create sub folders to hold the attachments. hold the path to the main folder in the system properties or a global variable and store the path to the attachment in the db...
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