adodb.connection

[crocogator]

Can anyone help me with this one.

What i am trying to do is to minimize the number of connecitons to a database in a project, and my project is devided into different dlls. The main integrated form and the fuction/procedures would call the needed funcitons/procedures inside the relevant dlls. The problem is : i want to use only one connection to a database for this project, so, for that i need to pass the connection object to the called function/procedure inside the dll.

So, the question is "How do i pass the connection object into a method in a class of a dll?

Any help in the above subject, would be very much appreciated.
Thanks & Rgds.
crocogator

[lychew]

If you really want, you can do this:

Function Test(a as ADODB.connection)
end function

Call Test oConn

[Deju]

in all you dll's, you put 2 public properties and 1 private declaration:

private mo_cnn as ADODB.Connection

Public Property Let ao_cnn(ByVal value As ADODB.Connection)
Set mo_cnn = value
End Property
Public Property Get ao_cnn() As ADODB.Connection
Set ao_cnn = mo_cnn
End Property

In your main form, you must open and close your connection and then give your connection to the other dll'. Do that this way:

'Opens the connection if the connection is closed
If mo_cnn.State = adStateClosed Then
mo_cnn.ConnectionString = "connectionstring"
mo_cnn.Open
End If

objectname.ao_cnn = mo_cnn
call your method in your dll

'Closes the connection if the connection is open
If mo_cnn.State = adStateOpen Then
mo_cnn.Close
End If