[AccessD] CmdRunApp Help

I'm gonna check this file iteration thing, sounds much better than the
VBA routine I have now... Thx



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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:56 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] CmdRunApp Help

Erwin,

Absolutely!

As for being a "better way", I really like the FSO.  On the other hand
there are MANY sysadmins out there that disable it (I think it is a
service or something).  It isn't safe to just assume it is going to
work, thus having code for "the alternative" (the built in VB commands)
is a necessity as well.  I have all that old stuff in my framework from
long ago before I used the FSO.

I too used GW-Basic back in the late 80s / early 90s to build a
calibration test stand for Puritan-Bennett (ventilators) to test air
flow sensors - Hot Wire Anemometers - where the air flowing past a
heated wire in a glass tube changed the temperature and thus the
resistance of the wire.  The current flow through the wire was measured
to determine how much air was moving through the tube.  Pretty scary to
think that gw-basic was used to test this stuff.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Erwin Craps -
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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:33 AM
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Subject: RE: [AccessD] CmdRunApp Help


I understand that.
I appologise for this, but I interpreted your E-mail as a better way of
dooing things (which is true from what I understand now) then the VBA
functions.

My remark was not intentioned as an alternative solution but as a
question to you to know what is better about FSO cause I never used it
in Access (only in ASP).
This "nuance" most have been lost in the translation.
Again my appologies.
Hope you accept it.

Erwin

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:41 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] CmdRunApp Help

Nope, I use it because it has a programming model, with properties /
methods / child objects, complete with intellisense.

I do a ton of things like saving email attachments (from the Outlook
model) to specific directories, then using the filesystemobject to get a
directory and use the built-in iterator (for next) to iterate all files
in the directory importing payments, claim number updates and the likes
into a database.  Once I started doing that, I just wrote wrappers
around the code to dim the FSO and instantiate it, plus use a specific
command.  Having that code in place, I rarely use anything else unless
the FSO is specifically disabled on a specific client's net / machine.

I simply asked you to provide code because the gentleman originally
asked how to do this.  I provided an answer with code.  You provided a
"why not use the built-in vb commands".  I can find the built-in
commands should I ever need them, but the original gentleman obviously
needed help.  "Why not use the built-in VB commands" barely qualifies as
helpful.

;-)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Erwin Craps -
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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:21 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] CmdRunApp Help


Ah sorry John
I conclude with Gustav.
I learned these commands in GW-Basic/Quick Basic or something.

I just presumed you knew these commands and are using filesystemobject
for some specific reasons I'm not aware of.
Like speed, I sometimes have the impression that FileCopy is slower than
dooing a explorer copy.

Erwin

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens Gustav Brock
Verzonden: woensdag 10 december 2003 14:23
Aan: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Onderwerp: Re: [AccessD] CmdRunApp Help

Hi John

> Why not post code as I did?

Ahh John, it's too easy:

    FileCopy sourcefile, destfile
    Name destfile As johnsfile.txt

/gustav

> Why using the filesystemobject and not the regular VBA commands?
> Faster?

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