Microsoft KB Archive/184591

= XL98: General ODBC Error Running Macro from Excel for Windows =

Article ID: 184591

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q184591





SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you may receive the following error:

Run-time error '1004'

General ODBC Error

and you can click either End or Debug. If you click Debug, the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor opens, and the line containing the Refresh method is selected.



CAUSE
This error may occur if you have a macro that you created in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and you run it in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Because the names of the ODBC drivers that ship with these two programs are different, the macro may work on one platform, but not the other.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following Excel 97 macro resulted from recording a macro while retrieving data from the Customer.dbf table: Sub Macro1

With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=Array(Array( _     "ODBC;CollatingSequence=ASCII;" & _      "DBQ=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office;" & _      "DefaultDir=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office;Delete" _      ), Array("d=1;Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};" & _      "DriverId=533;FIL=dBase III;ImplicitCommitSync=Yes;" & _      "MaxBufferSize=512;MaxScanRows=8;P"), Array( _      "ageTimeout=600;SafeTransactions=0;Statistics=0;Threads=3;" & _      "UserCommitSync=Yes;")), Destination:=Range("A1"))

.Sql = Array( _     "SELECT Customer.CUSTMR_ID, Customer.COMPANY, Customer.CITY," & _      "Customer.REGION" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & _      "FROM `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office`\Customer.dbf " & _      "Customer")

.FieldNames = True .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells .RowNumbers = False .FillAdjacentFormulas = False .RefreshOnFileOpen = False .HasAutoFormat = True .BackgroundQuery = True .TablesOnlyFromHTML = True .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False .SavePassword = True .SaveData = True End With End Sub If you run Macro1 in Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you will receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section. To adapt this macro so it will run in both Excel 97 for Windows and Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, change it to the following: Sub cross_plat

Dim mytable As QueryTable Dim opsys As String

opsys = Application.OperatingSystem

If InStr(opsys, "Windows") > 0 Then

Set mytable = ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=Array(Array( _     "ODBC;CollatingSequence=ASCII;" & _      "DBQ=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office;" & _      "DefaultDir=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office;Delete" _      ), Array("d=1;Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};" & _      "DriverId=533;FIL=dBase III;ImplicitCommitSync=Yes;" & _      "MaxBufferSize=512;MaxScanRows=8;P"), Array( _      "ageTimeout=600;SafeTransactions=0;Statistics=0;Threads=3;" & _      "UserCommitSync=Yes;")), Destination:=Range("A1"))

mytable.Sql = Array( _     "SELECT Customer.CUSTMR_ID, Customer.COMPANY, Customer.CITY," & _      "Customer.REGION" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & _      "FROM `D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office`\Customer.dbf " & _      "Customer") Else

Set mytable = ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _      "ODBC;DRIVER={Microsoft 3.01 dBASE PPC};DATABASE=" & _       "HD:Microsoft Office 98:Sample Files:Sample Databases" _      , Destination:=Range("A1"))

mytable.Sql = Array( _      "SELECT CUSTOMER.CUSTMR_ID, CUSTOMER.COMPANY, CUSTOMER.CONTACT," & _       "CUSTOMER.CON_TITLE, CUSTOMER.ADDRESS, CUSTOMER.CITY," & _       "CUSTOMER.REGION, CUSTOMER.ZIP_CODE, CUSTOMER.COUNTRY," & _       "CUSTOMER.PHONE, CUSTOMER.FAX" & vbLf & "FROM CUSTOMER CUSTOMER")

End If

With mytable .FieldNames = True .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells .RowNumbers = False .FillAdjacentFormulas = False .RefreshOnFileOpen = False .HasAutoFormat = True .BackgroundQuery = True .TablesOnlyFromHTML = True .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False .SavePassword = True .SaveData = True End With End Sub NOTE: The change in the Cross_Plat macro is the addition of an If-Then-Else structure that tests for the operating system under which Excel is running. Based on the operating system, the macro will use one of two connection strings.



STATUS
This is by design of Microsoft Excel.

Additional query words: XL98 query XL97

Keywords: kbdtacode kberrmsg kbfaq kbprb KB184591

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