[RESOLVED] Object Variable or Block Variable not set Error

Hello... I'm trying to write a simple program for a class to pull data from a table and write it to a random file.. or text file.. but i keep getting that stupid error message "Object Variable or Block Variable not set" Here is my Code..

VB Code:

Option Explicit
Private Type Customer
    CNumber As String
    FName As String
    LName As String
    Address As String
    City As String
    State As String
    Zip As Integer
End Type
 
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Dim x As Integer
 
Dim Cust(4) As Customer
    Do While Not DataC1.Recordset.EOF
        Cust(x).FName = DataC1.Recordset!FName
        Cust(x).LName = DataC1.Recordset!LName
        Cust(x).Address = DataC1.Recordset!Address
        Cust(x).City = DataC1.Recordset!City
        Cust(x).State = DataC1.Recordset!State
        Cust(x).Zip = DataC1.Recordset!Zip
        Cust(x).CNumber = DataC1.Recordset!CNumber
        DataC1.Recordset.MoveNext
        x = x + 1
    Loop
 
Put #1, , Cust
    
End Sub

ok this may sound crazy, but check your refrense files, and move some of them up and down. When trying to use directx7 and 8 in the same program I got this alot. So just give it a whirl. It might just work...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by VB.Newb

Hello... I'm trying to write a simple program for a class to pull data from a table and write it to a random file.. or text file.. but i keep getting that stupid error message "Object Variable or Block Variable not set" Here is my Code..

VB Code:

Option Explicit
Private Type Customer
    CNumber As String
    FName As String
    LName As String
    Address As String
    City As String
    State As String
    Zip As Integer
End Type
 
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Dim x As Integer
 
Dim Cust(4) As Customer
    Do While Not DataC1.Recordset.EOF
        Cust(x).FName = DataC1.Recordset!FName
        Cust(x).LName = DataC1.Recordset!LName
        Cust(x).Address = DataC1.Recordset!Address
        Cust(x).City = DataC1.Recordset!City
        Cust(x).State = DataC1.Recordset!State
        Cust(x).Zip = DataC1.Recordset!Zip
        Cust(x).CNumber = DataC1.Recordset!CNumber
        DataC1.Recordset.MoveNext
        x = x + 1
    Loop
 
Put #1, , Cust
    
End Sub

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Welcome to the forums...

Just so you know, when you copy and paste Visual Basic code, encapsulate the code in vbcode tags, like this
[vbcode]
.... your Visual Basic code here ....
[/vbcode]
It will make your code much easier to read

UPS... stupid me, I just noticed, that Customer is a type NOT class.... :blush:
I edited the code as it was, in the previous post...

Anyways...
In that case, object DataC1 is probably not set to an actual instance of the object

How many records does the Recordset have ?
If you have more than 5, then you will get an error at this line:

VB Code:

Dim Cust(4) As Customer

You should make a dinamic array, and redim by the number of records, like this:

VB Code:

Dim Cust() As Customer
ReDim Cust(DataC1.Recordset.RecordCount)

it's just a simple program.. and the database table only has 2 records in it.. and for the purposes of this wont get any bigger..I tried using the

VB Code:

Dim Cust() As Customer
ReDim Cust(DataC1.Recordset.RecordCount)

but i still got the same error

OK, then we don't have enough information from you, so that we can find out the problem.

At what line of code the VB stops ?
When you get the error, VB should prompt you to "Debug", click that button, and tell us at what line it stops.

Also, you should post more code, like where is the DataC1 declared, and where you set it to a value (object) ?

A Data Control is automatically populated after Form_Load. You need to use DataC.Refresh to populate the recordset in Form_Load.

Ok... now it works but I get an Overflow Error below...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by VB.Newb

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Dim x As Integer
DataC1.Refresh
Dim Cust(7) As Customer
    Do While Not DataC1.Recordset.EOF
        Cust(x).FName = DataC1.Recordset!FName
        Cust(x).LName = DataC1.Recordset!LName
        Cust(x).Address = DataC1.Recordset!Address
        Cust(x).City = DataC1.Recordset!City
        Cust(x).State = DataC1.Recordset!State
        Cust(x).Zip = DataC1.Recordset!Zip '<---Code stops here with Overflow Error
        Cust(x).CNumber = DataC1.Recordset!CNumber
        DataC1.Recordset.MoveNext
        x = x + 1
    Loop
 
Put #1, , Cust
 
End Sub

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Did you put a Data control on the form ?

If you did, name the control DataC1

See if it works now ?

Yeah, I have a MS ADODC control on the form named "DataC1"

Ignore previous post, I see you edited...

Change the red code to what I have here:

VB Code:

Private Type Customer
    CNumber As String
    FName As String
    LName As String
    Address As String
    City As String
    State As String
    [COLOR=Red][b]Zip As Long[/b][/COLOR]
End Type

Sweet.. ok.. i'm getting a bit farther.. but i'm still getting an error at the end.. so how do i get it to write the data to a text file?

here's my code..

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Type Customer
    Name As String
    Address As String
    City As String
    state As String
    zipCode As Long
End Type
 
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim x As Integer
        Dim Cust(4) As Customer
    dc1.Refresh
Do While Not dc1.Recordset.EOF
    Cust(x).Name = dc1.Recordset!Name
    Cust(x).Address = dc1.Recordset!Address
    Cust(x).City = dc1.Recordset!City
    Cust(x).state = dc1.Recordset!state
    Cust(x).zipCode = dc1.Recordset!zipCode
    dc1.Recordset.MoveNext
    x = x + 1
 
Loop
'Put 1, , Cust.txt
 
End Sub

What format do you want the text file to be ?

You can do something like:

VB Code:

Dim K as Long
 
Open "C:\my_text_file.txt" For Binary As Access Write Lock Write #1
 
For K = 0 To Ubound(Cust)
    Put #1, , "Name: " & Cust(K).Name
    Put #1, , "Address: " & Cust(K).Address
    Put #1, , "City: " & Cust(K).City
    Put #1, , "State: " & Cust(K).state
    Put #1, , "ZipCode: " & Cust(K).zipCode 
Next K
 
Close #1

Actually, a CSV text file would be awesome.. I tried that code and it worked perfectly but when I hit word wrap in Notepad it got a little garbled.. I'd like the data to be closer together in the text file if i could.. is all so you dont have to scroll so much to read it. :) thanks again for all the help guys you're helping me pass a class i desperately need to pass

Try this, but i'm not sure it will work, I could not test it since I don't have all your code, and the database to get the values from.

A CSV is comma delimited, and I think that if a value has a comma in it, then the value will be written in the file encapsulated in quotes.
So this is what this code does, but I don't know if there are other rules for CSV files.

VB Code:

Dim K As Long, Str As String
    
    Open "C:\my_text_file.csv" For Binary Access Write Lock Write As #1
        
        ' write header
        Str = "Name,Address,City,State,ZipCode" & vbNewLine
        Put #1, , Str
        
        For K = 0 To UBound(Cust)
            Str = IIf(InStr(1, Cust(K).Name, ",") > 0, """" & Cust(K).Name & """", Cust(K).Name)
            Str = Str & "," & IIf(InStr(1, Cust(K).Address, ",") > 0, """" & Cust(K).Address & """", Cust(K).Address)
            Str = Str & "," & IIf(InStr(1, Cust(K).City, ",") > 0, """" & Cust(K).City & """", Cust(K).City)
            Str = Str & "," & IIf(InStr(1, Cust(K).state, ",") > 0, """" & Cust(K).state & """", Cust(K).state)
            Str = Str & "," & IIf(InStr(1, Cust(K).zipCode, ",") > 0, """" & Cust(K).zipCode & """", Cust(K).zipCode)
            
            Str = Str & vbNewLine
            Put #1, , Str
        Next K
    Close #1

To create a CSV file, open the file for output (or append) and use the Write statement. Write automatically delimits the fields and wraps their values within quotes.

VB Code:

Open "C:\my_text_file.csv" For Output Access Write Lock Write As #1
' write header
Write #1, "Name", "Address", "City", "State", "ZipCode"
 
For K = 0 To UBound(Cust)
   Write #1, Cust(K).Name, Cust(K).Address, Cust(K).City, Cust(K).State, Cust(K).ZipCode
Next
Close #1