ACC97: Schema.ini Error with TransferText Action During Export

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you use the TransferText macro action to export an HTML or text file using a specification table, you may receive the following error message:

   The data being exported does not match the format described in the
   Schema.ini file.

CAUSE

The HTML or text file that you are trying to export contains field names that do not match the field names in the specification table. This will happen if you do not click to select the "First Row Contains Column Headings" check box when you create the specification table.

RESOLUTION

Click to select the "First Row Contains Column Headings" check box in the <'tablename'> Import Specification dialog box.

-or-

Change the names for the fields in the <'tablename'> Import Specification dialog box when you create the specification table so that the field names match the field names in the table you are exporting.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb in Microsoft Access 97. In the Database window, select the Suppliers table.

2. On the File menu, click Save As/Export.

3. In the Save As box, click "To an External File or Database." Click OK.

4. In the "Save Table 'Suppliers' In" box, select HTML documents (*.html, *.htm), click the Save Formatted check box, and then click Export. Click OK in the HTML Output Options box.

5. Create a specification table for the Suppliers HTML file using the following steps:

       a. On the File menu, click Get External Data, and then click Import.
   

       b. In the Import box, select HTML Documents (*.html, *.htm).
   

       c. Locate and select the Suppliers HTML file, and then click Import.
   

       d. In the Import HTML Wizard box, click Advanced, and then click
          Save As in the Suppliers Import Specification box.
   

       e. Click OK in the Save Import/Export Specification box.
   

       f. Click Cancel in the Suppliers Import Specification box. Click Cancel
          in the Import HTML Wizard box.
   

6. Create a new macro using the TransferText action with the following arguments:

         Macro Name   Action
         -------------------------
         Macro1       TransferText
   
         Macro1 Actions
         -----------------------------------------------------
         TransferText
            Transfer Type: Export HTML
            Specification name: Suppliers Import Specification
            Table Name: Suppliers.
            File Name: c:\My Documents\Suppliers.html
            Has Field Names: Yes
   
   

7. Save and run the macro.

   Note that you receive the error message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.

Keywords          : kberrmsg
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : Info_Provided