ACC: Listing Object Names Using Data Access Objects (DAO)

ID: Q119471


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Access versions 2.0, 7.0, 97


SUMMARY

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

In Microsoft Access, you can use Data Access Objects (DAO) to list the objects in your database. This article shows you a method that uses DAO to display all the objects in your database for the object type that you select.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to the "Building Applications for Access 97" manual.

NOTE: Visual Basic for Applications (used in Microsoft Access 97 and 7.0) is called Access Basic in Microsoft Access 2.0 or earlier.


MORE INFORMATION

The following example demonstrates how to use DAO to list all the objects in your database for the object type you select:

  1. Start Microsoft Access and open any database.


  2. Create a new, blank form.


  3. Add an option group to the form. Set the Option group's Name property to ChooseObject.


  4. Add seven option buttons with the following properties to the option group:
    Option Button 1:
    Name: Tables
    OptionValue: 1

    Option Button 2:
    Name: Queries
    OptionValue: 2

    Option Button 3:
    Name: Forms
    OptionValue: 3

    Option Button 4:
    Name: Reports
    OptionValue: 4

    Option Button 5:
    Name: Macros/Scripts
    OptionValue: 5

    Option Button 6:
    Name: Modules
    OptionValue: 6

    Option Button 7:
    Name: All Objects
    OptionValue: 7


  5. Set the option group's AfterUpdate property to the following event procedure.

    NOTE: In the following sample code, an underscore (_) at the end of a line is used as a line-continuation character. Remove the underscore from the end of the line when re-creating this code in Access Basic.
    
        Sub ChooseObject_AfterUpdate ()
    
        Dim DB As Database, I As Integer, j As Integer, ok_cancel As Integer
        Dim System_Prefix, Current_TableName, Hidden_Prefix
        Dim Ok as Integer, Cancel as Integer
    
        Ok = 1
        Cancel = 2
        Set db = DbEngine(0)(0)
    
        Select Case Me![ChooseObject]
        Case 1
           'System tables are excluded from the list.
           For I = 0 To db.TableDefs.Count - 1
            Current_TableName = db.TableDefs(I).Name
            System_Prefix = Left(Current_TableName, 4)
            Hidden_Prefix = Left(Current_TableName, 1)
            If System_Prefix <>"MSys" And System_Prefix <> "USys" And _
            Hidden_Prefix <> "~" Then
                  ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.TableDefs(I).Name, 65, "TABLE NAMES")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
            End If
            Next I
        Case 2
            For I = 0 To db.Querydefs.Count - 1
              ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.Querydefs(I).Name, 65, "QUERY NAMES")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
            Next I
        Case 3
            For I = 0 To db.Containers("Forms").Documents.Count - 1
             ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.Containers("Forms").Documents(I).Name, _
             65, "FORM NAMES")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
            Next I
        Case 4
            For I = 0 To db.Containers("Reports").Documents.Count - 1
             ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.Containers("Reports").Documents(I).Name, _
             65, "REPORT NAMES")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
             Next I
        Case 5
             'Scripts are macros.
             For I = 0 To db.Containers("Scripts").Documents.Count - 1
              ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.Containers("Scripts").Documents(I).Name, _
              65, "MACRO NAMES")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
             Next I
        Case 6
             For I = 0 To db.Containers("Modules").Documents.Count - 1
              ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.Containers("Modules").Documents(I).Name, _
              65, "MODULE NAMES")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
             Next I
        Case 7
             For I = 0 To db.Containers.Count - 1
               For j = 0 To db.Containers(I).Documents.Count - 1
                 ok_cancel = MsgBox(db.Containers(I).Name & Chr(13) & Chr(10) _
                 & db.Containers(I).Documents(j).Name, 65, "ALL OBJECTS")
                 If ok_cancel = cancel Then
                  Exit Sub
                 End If
               Next j
             Next I
        End Select
        End Sub 


  6. View the form in Form view. Select the option button for the type of object whose names you want to list.



REFERENCES

Microsoft Access "Building Applications with Microsoft Access 97," Chapter 5, "Working with Objects and Collections"

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage MdlDao PgmObj
Version : WINDOWS:2.0,7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: October 14, 1999
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