[AccessD] Create a .lib library for use with Access

John Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Tue Mar 21 12:08:34 CDT 2023


nope.  A vba library (only valid in Access) ends with an mda, however you
can name it any extension you want IIRC.

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 5:29 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ok, I'm wrong. But I thought John Colby has created one, consisting of VBA
> code. Maybe I misunderstood; it wouldn't be the first time. But I was given
> to understand that one could collect a bunch of reusable code and package
> it. Maybe John meant that he references it, although if it's not a .Lib
> file or a .DLL, then I have no clue as to how one might reference it.
> It seems a shame to gather all that reusable code and then have to import
> it into the next app one is going to write. But I guess if that's what's
> required, ok, I'll do it that way. Creating an Add-In seems totally wrong.
> (Actually, I am creating an Add-In, but it has a form as well as some
> modules, so that's quite another kettle of fish; easy enough to implement,
> though.
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 3:47 AM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> wrote:
>
> > How do you expect to use a .lib file in Access?
> >
> > If we are talking about same thing, a .lib is a file which is statically
> > linked  into an application
> > at compile time. (And that's a realy compile to a .exe file - not what
> > Access does with VBA
> > code)
> >
> > It's essentailly the same as a DLL wrapped inside an executable file.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 21 Mar 2023 at 2:35, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> >
> > > I'm having lousy luck searching for this. I keep getting hits that
> > > tell me how to create a library database, not a .lib file.
> > >
> > > Suggestions?
> > >
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