Brad Marks
BradM at blackforestltd.com
Fri Jan 21 14:03:45 CST 2011
Charlotte, Yes, in my initial tests, it appears to work nicely. I am just a little hesitant to go forward with this approach if there is another approach that is a better path to follow. This is my first attempt at using Application.FileDialog and I would like to get started on the right foot. Thanks, Brad -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:58 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Use of Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs) in Access 2007 Um, didn't you just say it seems to work? Anymore, there are no bets going forward, since MS decided to limit backwards compatibility. Charlotte Foust On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com> wrote: > All, > > I have just started to experiment with Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs). > > We have an Access 2007 application that uses "DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet" to generate several Excel files from Access Queries. Currently this application has the name of the Excel file "hard coded" in the application. > > I would like to give our end-users the option of changing the name of the Excel file (and folder name) when the file is generated. > > Using Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs) seems to work nicely, but I am a bit concerned that this may not be a good long-term approach. > > When doing research about this method, I stumbled upon this statement on a Microsoft web page. > > " msoFileDialogSaveAs constants are not supported in Microsoft Office Access 2007" > > This, and other comments that I have read have made me wonder if I am heading down the wrong path. (no pun intended) > > Is Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs) a viable approach? > > Is there a better way to give the end-users an easy way to change the name (and folder) of the generated Excel file? > > Thanks, > Brad > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.