Article ID: 298174
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
- Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q298174
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).
NOTE: The sample code in this article uses Microsoft Data Access Objects. For this code to run properly, you must reference the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library. To do so, click References on the Tools menu in the Visual Basic Editor, and make sure that the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library check box is selected.
SUMMARY
This article describes how you can use Data Access Objects (DAO) to import all objects from one Microsoft Access database into the current Access database. In some situations, this code can be used to recover database objects from a corrupted or damaged database that can be opened but cannot be compacted successfully. This code does not import the following elements:
- References
- Import/Export specifications
- Security information (user and group permissions)
The current user (typically the administrator) becomes the owner of all imported objects.
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To import all the objects from another database into the current database, follow these steps:
- Start Access, and then open the database where you want to import objects.
This may be a new blank database. - In the Database window, click Modules, and then click New.
- On the Tools menu, click References. Make sure that Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library or later is selected in the list of references. Also make sure that any reference to Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects is not selected. Click OK.
Type or paste the following code in the module window:
Option Compare Database Option Explicit Public Function ImportDb(strPath As String) As Boolean On Error Resume Next Dim db As Database 'Database to import Dim td As TableDef 'Tabledefs in db Dim strTDef As String 'Name of table or query to import Dim qd As QueryDef 'Querydefs in db Dim doc As Document 'Documents in db Dim strCntName As String 'Document container name Dim x As Integer 'For looping Dim cntContainer As Container 'Containers in db Dim strDocName As String 'Name of document Dim intConst As Integer Dim cdb As Database 'Current Database Dim rel As Relation 'Relation to copy Dim nrel As Relation 'Relation to create Dim strRName As String 'Copied relation's name Dim strTName As String 'Relation Table name Dim strFTName As String 'Relation Foreign Table name Dim varAtt As Variant 'Attributes of relation Dim fld As Field 'Field(s) in relation to copy Dim strFName As String 'Name of field to append Dim strFFName As String 'Foreign name of field to append 'Open database which contains objects to import. Set db = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(strPath, True) 'Import tables from specified Access database. For Each td In db.TableDefs strTDef = td.Name If Left(strTDef, 4) <> "MSys" Then DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "Microsoft Access", strPath, acTable, _ strTDef, strTDef, False End If Next 'Import queries. For Each qd In db.QueryDefs strTDef = qd.Name DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "Microsoft Access", strPath, acQuery, _ strTDef, strTDef, False Next 'Copy relationships to current database. Set cdb = CurrentDb For Each rel In db.Relations With rel 'Get properties of relation to copy. strRName = .Name strTName = .Table strFTName = .ForeignTable varAtt = .Attributes 'Create relation in current db with same properties. Set nrel = cdb.CreateRelation(strRName, strTName, strFTName, varAtt) For Each fld In .Fields strFName = fld.Name strFFName = fld.ForeignName nrel.Fields.Append nrel.CreateField(strFName) nrel.Fields(strFName).ForeignName = strFFName Next cdb.Relations.Append nrel End With Next 'Loop through containers and import all documents. For x = 1 To 4 Select Case x Case 1 strCntName = "Forms" intConst = acForm Case 2 strCntName = "Reports" intConst = acReport Case 3 strCntName = "Scripts" intConst = acMacro Case 4 strCntName = "Modules" intConst = acModule End Select Set cntContainer = db.Containers(strCntName) For Each doc In cntContainer.Documents strDocName = doc.Name DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "Microsoft Access", strPath, intConst, _ strDocName, strDocName 'Debug.Print strDocName 'for debugging, will list document names in debug window. Next doc Next x 'Clean up variables to recover memory. Set fld = Nothing Set nrel = Nothing Set rel = Nothing Set cdb = Nothing Set td = Nothing Set qd = Nothing Set cntContainer = Nothing db.Close Set db = Nothing ImportDb = True End Function- On the View menu, click Immediate Window.
- In the Immediate window, type the following command line, and then press ENTER:
Note Substitute the correct path and file name for the source database. This code returns "True" (or -1) if it runs successfully.
?ImportDb("C:\
pathname\MySourceDatabase.mdb")
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