Microsoft KB Archive/209849

= How to loop through the references to view their properties in Access 2000 =

Article ID: 209849

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q209849





For a Microsoft Access 97 version of this article, see 186305.

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).



SUMMARY
When you view the location of references with the References dialog box on the Tools menu, the trailing portion of the path name may be truncated because of the limitations of the dialog box. This article shows you how to use a Visual Basic for Applications procedure to loop through the References collection and retrieve the properties of each reference.

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MORE INFORMATION
To loop through the References collection and retrieve the properties of each reference, follow these steps:   Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there: Option Explicit   Type the following procedure: Function ReferenceInfo

Dim strMessage As String Dim strTitle As String Dim refItem As Reference On Error Resume Next For Each refItem In References If refItem.IsBroken Then strMessage = "Missing Reference:" & vbCrLf & refItem.FullPath Else strMessage = "Reference: " & refItem.Name & vbCrLf _ & "Location: " & refItem.FullPath & vbCrLf End If     Debug.Print strMessage Next refItem

End Function   To test this function, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: ? ReferenceInfo Note that each reference is listed in the Immediate window. 

