[AccessD] Automation - Late Binding

I have an Access 97 Application distributed as mde's, it is split into a
series of Modules, including a code Module.

There are references to both Excel and Outlook.

As we will shortly be rolling out Office 2000, I will be unable to determine
which version of Excel/Outlook will
be installed, and are therefore going to change to late binding.

In the code module i pass an excel object as a ByRef Parameter to a function
(listed below) that
populates the spreadsheet.

As the code module will also need to be late binding i will need to change
this to an object.

How can I reference the Object and manipulate as an Excel Object within the
function ?

Any ideas or thoughts would be very much appreciated.

Tony.


Function fnExcel_WriteSheet(ByRef xlWorkbook As Excel.Workbook, strSQL As
String, strSheetName As String) As Boolean

Dim intCount As Integer
Dim rstDAO As DAO.Recordset
Dim fld As Field

On Error GoTo Err_fnExcel_WriteSheet

Set rstDAO = gDbDAO.OpenRecordset(strSQL, dbOpenSnapshot)

xlWorkbook.Worksheets.Add
xlWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Name = left(strSheetName, 30)
xlWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("A2").CopyFromRecordset rstDAO
intCount = 0

'For each field in the query (Client Grouping) add Grouping Number to the
Column
For Each fld In rstDAO.Fields
    xlWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("a1").Offset(0, intCount).Value = fld.Name
    xlWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("a1").Offset(0,
intCount).EntireColumn.AutoFit
    intCount = intCount + 1
Next fld
        
rstDAO.Close
Set rstDAO = Nothing

'Format the Sheet
fnExcel_Format xlWorkbook, intCount, 1

Exit_fnExcel_WriteSheet:
    Exit Function

Err_fnExcel_WriteSheet:
    fnLogErr
    Resume Exit_fnExcel_WriteSheet

End Function


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