[AccessD] Missing references

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Feb 15 16:38:39 CST 2007


You could try using Terry Kraft's reference wizard mda
Must be run first thing from autoexec
I haven't tested beyond 2002
You might look at the code and simplify if you know
the missing reference to restated


http://www.mvps.org/access/modules/mdl0022.htm

Mark A Matte wrote:

> Thanks John,
>
> I'm not referencing any other app or docs...I was referring to when 
> you are in a module and goto TOOLS---REFERENCES...and there is 
> something missing or incorrect.
>
> Is binding relevant at this point?  If not...back to the original 
> question:...how to handle the 'missing'???
>
> Am I still confused>..lol...???
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark A. Matte
>
>
>> From: "JWColby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
>> Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>> solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem 
>> solving'"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Missing references
>> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:56:40 -0500
>>
>> BTW, you can use BOTH early binding and late binding by wrapping TWO 
>> sets of
>> dim statements in #if statements:
>>
>> #Const EARLYBINDING = True
>>
>> #If EARLYBINDING = -1 Then
>> Private mxlApp As Excel.Application
>> Private mXLWB As Workbook
>> Private mXLWS As Worksheet
>> #Else
>> Private mxlApp As Object
>> Private mXLWB As Object
>> Private mXLWS As Object
>> #End If
>>
>> Now you can simply set EARLYBINDING to TRUE (-1) and the compiler 
>> will dim
>> the objects at compile time.
>>
>> Set EARLYBINDING to 0 and the compiler will dim the objects at run time.
>>
>> I do this so that I can use early binding during development, and 
>> then just
>> "throw a switch" to use late binding for runtime on the actual user's 
>> PC.
>> Of course you have to do that everywhere you want to bind such objects,
>> inside of functions that dim local objects, in the header for global 
>> objects
>> etc.
>>
>> Once it is set up though it works very sweet.
>>
>> And Oh By The Way, there is a GLOBAL (to every module in the library) 
>> way to
>> do this:
>>
>> In the VB Editor, click Tools / MyContainer Properties (the bottom menu
>> item)
>> In the General tab there is a "Conditional Compilation Arguments" 
>> where you
>> could define your EarlyBinding constant.
>>
>> Doing it there causes ALL MODULES that use that constant to switch from
>> early binding to late binding and back.
>>
>> Very handy!!!
>>
>> 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 Bryan 
>> Carbonnell
>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:38 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Missing references
>>
>> On 2/15/07, Mark A Matte <markamatte at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Since I'm not versed in Binding(Late or Early) ...I've looked at MS
>> > knowledge base...and most of what I found was problems and fixes.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions for 'crash course READING' in bindings?
>>
>> Here's a quick description that I lifted from an article I wrote
>> http://www.databaseadvisors.com/newsletters/newsletter072002/0207wordautomat 
>>
>> ionlpt1.asp
>>
>>
>> Early Binding Versus Late Binding
>>
>> First you need to decide whether to use Early Binding or Late Binding.
>> Early Binding allows you to dimension variables by their specific 
>> data type.
>> For example, the following declarations refer to the Word Application 
>> and
>> Document objects rather than declaring both as generic
>> objects:
>>
>> Dim objWord as Word.Application
>> Dim doc as Word.Document
>>
>> Early Binding also enables a few built-in Intelli-sense features: Auto
>> Complete, Auto List Members, and Auto Quick Info. In addition, using 
>> early
>> binding allows you to view Word's object model in the Object Browser.
>>
>> The downside to Early Binding is that you have to set a reference to a
>> specific version of Word. Sometimes Access is smart enough to change the
>> reference to the specific version of Word that is installed on the PC 
>> you
>> are deploying your application; often it isn't, and you could end up 
>> with
>> problems relating to the references.
>>
>> If you decide to use Late Binding, you will have to dimension all of 
>> your
>> variables as Objects as follows:
>>
>> Dim objWord as Object
>> Dim doc as Object
>>
>> Consequently, you cannot access any of your variables until you set 
>> them to
>> a specific object as shown below:
>>
>> Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") Set doc =
>> objWord.Documents.Open("C:\Path\To\file.doc")
>>
>> In addition, the Intelli-sense features, Auto Complete, Auto List 
>> Members,
>> Auto Quick Info and disables viewing of Word's object model in the 
>> Object
>> Browser. However, Late Binding doesn't require that you set a 
>> reference to
>> any Word Object Library, which can be advantageous if you are deploying
>> run-time versions of your application to mixed OS/Office Version 
>> platforms.
>>
>> Instead of choosing one or the other, we suggest you compromise and use
>> both. During the development phase use Early Binding. Once you 
>> release the
>> application, remove all specific references and change each to 
>> Object-the
>> best of both worlds!
>>
>> Now that the binding issue is resolved, let's roll up our sleeves and 
>> dive
>> into writing some code.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
>> Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved
>> body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a
>> great ride!"
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