ACC2000: How to Fill a Combo Box with Table Names

• Microsoft Access 2000

SUMMARY

This article shows you how to create a sample user-defined Visual Basic for Applications function that you can use to fill a combo box or list box with the names of all the tables in the current database.

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1. Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. Insert a new module.



3. On the Tools menu, click References, and select the following references if they are not already selected (checked):



• Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library
• Microsoft ADO Ext. 2.1 for DDL and Security


4. Type the following code in the module:




Function ListTables(fld As Control, id As Long, row As Long, _
                       col As Long, code As Integer)
                       
   Dim cat As New ADOX.Catalog
   Dim tbl As ADOX.Table
   Static tbls(256) As String
   Static Entries As Integer
   Dim ReturnVal
   ReturnVal = Null

   Select Case code
   
      Case acLBInitialize         ' Initialize database.
         cat.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
         Entries = 0
         For Each tbl In cat.Tables
            If tbl.Type = "TABLE" Then
               If tbl.Name <> "dtproperties" Then
                  tbls(Entries) = tbl.Name
                  Entries = Entries + 1
               End If
            End If
         Next tbl
         ReturnVal = Entries
      Case acLBOpen               ' Open.
         ReturnVal = Timer        ' Unique ID number for control.
      Case acLBGetRowCount        ' Number of rows.
         ReturnVal = Entries
      Case acLBGetColumnCount     ' Number of columns.
         ReturnVal = 1
      Case acLBGetColumnWidth     ' Column width.
         ReturnVal = -1           ' Use the default width.
      Case acLBGetValue           ' Get the data.
         ReturnVal = tbls(row)
      Case acLBEnd                ' End.
         For Entries = 0 To 256
            tbls(Entries) = ""
         Next
   End Select

   ListAllTables = ReturnVal

End Function 

5. On the File menu, click Save databasename.



6. Create a blank new form that is not based on any table or query.



7. Add a combo box control to the form.



8. Set the RowSourceType property of the combo box to ListTables.



9. View the form in Form view. Note that the combo box lists all the tables in the current database.

Additional query words: tablenames

Keywords : kbprg kbdta AccCon
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto