Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software
bchacc at san.rr.com
Mon Aug 7 12:30:34 CDT 2006
That looks like what I'm really looking for. Late binding. I'll give it a try. Thanks and regards, Rocky MartyConnelly wrote: > You are mixing Early and Late Binding methods > First remove the reference > Then just change your declarations to things like > > Public BtApp As Object 'BarTender.Application > Public BtFormat As String 'BarTender.Format > > > If you are unsure of the type returned try using a variant > especially in the case of returned arrays. > > or leave both types in and do a conditional compile around them > > #Const DebugVersion = 0 > > #if DebugVersion = 1 then > Dim wa as BarTender.Application > Set wa = new BarTender.Application > #else > Dim wa as Object > set wa = createobject ("BarTender.Application") > #endif > You'l have to set the flag to 1 > (#Const DebugVersion = 1) > and then add a reference to Bartender > for the debug intellisence to work.. > > Then to check if Bartender is actually installed on the machine > > On Error Resume Next > Set objExcelapp = CreateObject("BarTender.Application") > If Err.Number Then > MsgBox "Bartender not installed or not registered for Automation" > Exit Sub > End If > 'reset error > > > > > Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > >> Dear List: >> >> I have a client who prints bar coded labels through an application >> called Bartender (cute, huh?). I wrote a production management system >> for them which contains all the information in the db that they are >> inputting manually into Bartender. So the client asked me to add a >> function to the app to run Bartender from the production system and that >> is working great. >> >> To do this I downloaded and installed the trial version of Bartender and >> so was able to set a reference to it in the VBA code so I could run >> Bartender from the client's app (stuff like Public BtApp As >> BarTender.Application and Public BtFormat As BarTender.Format and Set >> BtApp = CreateObject("BarTender.Application")). >> >> Problem is that the app won't run on any machine which doesn't have >> Bartender loaded - it gets a broken reference error when the app opens. >> >> So I'm wondering how to handle this. Perhaps I unset the reference in >> the Tools-->References and set it when the bar code form opens? Or is >> there a way to trap and get around this error when the app loads? >> >> What's the best way to handle this? >> >> MTIA, >> >> Rocky >> >> >> >> > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com