[AccessD] Create object

Interesting idea but I just tested it and I can open and close them
independently.  They truly seem to be separate instances of the program.  Of
course who really knows.  Anytime you open something with:

CreateObject("FTP.API")

Who knows what is really going on.  It certainly LOOKS like Word.Document or
Excel.Sheet where FTP.API is some kind of object of FTP that is exposed for
manipulation.  There are two "objects" that are in the list of things that
can be referenced.  One is 3dFTP.DLL, described as "3D-FTP Transfer Engine
Com Object".  However the properties and methods of that don't match the
API.  It LOOKS like it could be programmed to directly.  I referenced it and
can see the methods and properties.

The other object in the list of referencable objects is called FTP - and is
the 3DFTP.EXE.  Even though I can set a reference to the EXE I can't dim an
object as that, I get an immediate compile error.

So what exactly the .API is, or is a property of remains a mystery.

WHOA, I found it!  If I reference the 3DFTP.exe (as FTP in the reference
list), and then dim an object as FTP.API, I get ahold of the API and can see
exactly and only the API methods.  

Unfortunately this still doesn't get me anywhere since I am again not
getting a pointer to the EXE but apparently just an object inside of the
EXE.

And I still can't programmatically cause a new instance of the EXE to open.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 4:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Create object

Hi John:

I think it is like Excel in which you can open a number of separate sheets
but if you quit one they all quit. You can close one though... but in
reality it is all the same application...

Jim

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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 11:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Create object

Well... I can open multiple instances manually.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Create object

Hi John:

The problem would appear to be with 3D-FTP which is designed to only open as
a single instance, per computer....

Jim

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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 4:01 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Create object

I am trying to open multiple instances of 3DFTP and assign each instance to
a different class instance inside of Access.  When I use the syntax:
 
'
'In class header
'
Private mFtpXObj As Object ' FtpXObj

    '
    'In init function
    '
    'Start 3D-FTP loading, if not already running
    Set mFtpXObj = CreateObject("FTP.API")

The first class instance correctly opens 3DFTP but the second class instance
does not, it simply gets a pointer to the already opened 3DFTP instance.
 
AFAIK I can't use the NEW() syntax since I don't have early binding, IOW I
don't have a clue what FTP.API actually is and therefore can't reference it
in Access.  According to the help file, CreateObject is supposed to open a
new instance of the object anyway so I really should be able to do this.
 
Any thoughts?
 
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
 
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