[mso] Re: Access file open dialog
- From: "Alan Forster" <Alan.Forster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:11:46 +0000
Thanks Anthony,
I will try this when I get back to the office in the New Year (yes I am
on leave now for three weeks- hurrah!)
Alan.
>>> Anthony.Colli@xxxxxxx 12/12/2002 15:40:36 >>>
Alan-
In your VBA editor go to tools -> references and see if you have
Microsoft
Common Dialog Control 6.0 (sp3) or some other version. If you do check
the
box next to it and it will be included in your application. The
previous
code should then work. If not.....
Then it would be time to pull out the big gun. Paste this into a new
module,
It's a module I use frequently and it's pretty self explanatory. With
Access
you never know what kind of install is on the users machine, this will
by
pass Access and use the Windows API.
Watch out for word wrap by your email program.
-Anthony
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**************************************************************************
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
' **MS ACCESS 2000 SR1**
' Paste this into a new module
'
'
'
' From the immediate window -> sListAllDrives -> will list all drives
and
path/UNC
' From the immediate window -> TestIt -> will show use of the API
call to
the Windows Common Dialog
'
' From a Form Module
' ------------------
' DIM strPath as String
'
' strPath = GetUniversal(cdlGetFile) RETURNS -> \\Server\path\to
file UNC
Format
' strPath = cdlGetFile RETURNS -> C:\Path\to file
path
format
'
'
'
'
'
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
Private Declare Function WNetGetUniversalName Lib "mpr" Alias
"WNetGetUniversalNameA" (ByVal lpLocalPath As String, ByVal dwInfoLevel
As
Long, lpBuffer As Any, lpBufferSize As Long) As Long
Private Const UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO_LEVEL = 1
Private Const REMOTE_NAME_INFO_LEVEL = 2
Private Const UNIVERSAL_NAME_BUFFER_SIZE = 255
Private Const NO_ERROR = 0
Private Type UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO
lpUniversalName As Long
buf(UNIVERSAL_NAME_BUFFER_SIZE - 4) As Byte
End Type
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------
'************ Code Start **************
'This code was originally written by Terry Kreft
'and Dev Ashish.
'It is not to be altered or distributed,
'except as part of an application.
'You are free to use it in any application,
'provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.
'
' Original Code by Terry Kreft
' Modified by Dev Ashish
' Modified By Anthony Colli
'Drive Types
Private Const DRIVE_UNKNOWN = 0
Private Const DRIVE_ABSENT = 1
Private Const DRIVE_REMOVABLE = 2
Private Const DRIVE_FIXED = 3
Private Const DRIVE_REMOTE = 4
Private Const DRIVE_CDROM = 5
Private Const DRIVE_RAMDISK = 6
' returns errors for UNC Path
Private Const ERROR_BAD_DEVICE = 1200&
Private Const ERROR_CONNECTION_UNAVAIL = 1201&
Private Const ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR = 1208&
Private Const ERROR_MORE_DATA = 234
Private Const ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED = 50&
Private Const ERROR_NO_NET_OR_BAD_PATH = 1203&
Private Const ERROR_NO_NETWORK = 1222&
Private Const ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED = 2250&
'Private Const NO_ERROR = 0
Private Declare Function WNetGetConnection Lib "mpr.dll" Alias _
"WNetGetConnectionA" (ByVal lpszLocalName As String, _
ByVal lpszRemoteName As String, cbRemoteName As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetLogicalDriveStrings Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"GetLogicalDriveStringsA" (ByVal nBufferLength As Long, _
ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDriveType Lib "kernel32" Alias
"GetDriveTypeA" _
(ByVal nDrive As String) As Long
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
'***************** Code Start **************
'This code was originally written by Ken Getz.
'It is not to be altered or distributed,
'except as part of an application.
'You are free to use it in any application,
'provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.
'
' Code courtesy of:
' Microsoft Access 95 How-To
' Ken Getz and Paul Litwin
' Waite Group Press, 1996
Type tagOPENFILENAME
lStructSize As Long
hwndOwner As Long
hInstance As Long
strFilter As String
strCustomFilter As String
nMaxCustFilter As Long
nFilterIndex As Long
strFile As String
nMaxFile As Long
strFileTitle As String
nMaxFileTitle As Long
strInitialDir As String
strTitle As String
Flags As Long
nFileOffset As Integer
nFileExtension As Integer
strDefExt As String
lCustData As Long
lpfnHook As Long
lpTemplateName As String
End Type
Declare Function aht_apiGetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _
Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Declare Function aht_apiGetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" _
Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (OFN As tagOPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Declare Function CommDlgExtendedError Lib "comdlg32.dll" () As Long
Global Const ahtOFN_READONLY = &H1
Global Const ahtOFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2
Global Const ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4
Global Const ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8
Global Const ahtOFN_SHOWHELP = &H10
' You won't use these.
'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLEHOOK = &H20
'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATE = &H40
'Global Const ahtOFN_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE = &H80
Global Const ahtOFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100
Global Const ahtOFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200
Global Const ahtOFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = &H400
Global Const ahtOFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800
Global Const ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000
Global Const ahtOFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000
Global Const ahtOFN_SHAREAWARE = &H4000
Global Const ahtOFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000
Global Const ahtOFN_NOTESTFILECREATE = &H10000
Global Const ahtOFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000
Global Const ahtOFN_NOLONGNAMES = &H40000
' New for Windows 95
Global Const ahtOFN_EXPLORER = &H80000
Global Const ahtOFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000
Global Const ahtOFN_LONGNAMES = &H200000
Public Function TestIt()
Dim strFilter As String
Dim lngFlags As Long
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Access Files (*.mda,
*.mdb)", _
"*.MDA;*.MDB")
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "dBASE Files (*.dbf)",
"*.DBF")
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "Text Files (*.txt)",
"*.TXT")
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "All Files (*.*)", "*.*")
MsgBox "You selected: " & ahtCommonFileOpenSave(InitialDir:="C:\",
_
Filter:=strFilter, FilterIndex:=3, Flags:=lngFlags, _
DialogTitle:="Hello! Open Me!")
' Since you passed in a variable for lngFlags,
' the function places the output flags value in the variable.
Debug.Print Hex(lngFlags)
End Function
Private Function GetOpenFile(Optional varDirectory As Variant, _
Optional varTitleForDialog As Variant) As Variant
' Here's an example that gets an Access database name.
Dim strFilter As String
Dim lngFlags As Long
Dim varFileName As Variant
' Specify that the chosen file must already exist,
' don't change directories when you're done
' Also, don't bother displaying
' the read-only box. It'll only confuse people.
lngFlags = ahtOFN_FILEMUSTEXIST Or _
ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY Or ahtOFN_NOCHANGEDIR
If IsMissing(varDirectory) Then
varDirectory = ""
End If
If IsMissing(varTitleForDialog) Then
varTitleForDialog = ""
End If
' Define the filter string and allocate space in the "c"
' string Duplicate this line with changes as necessary for
' more file templates.
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, _
"Access (*.mdb)", "*.MDB;*.MDA")
' Now actually call to get the file name.
varFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _
OpenFile:=True, _
InitialDir:=varDirectory, _
Filter:=strFilter, _
Flags:=lngFlags, _
DialogTitle:=varTitleForDialog)
If Not IsNull(varFileName) Then
varFileName = TrimNull(varFileName)
End If
GetOpenFile = varFileName
End Function
Private Function ahtCommonFileOpenSave( _
Optional ByRef Flags As Variant, _
Optional ByVal InitialDir As Variant, _
Optional ByVal Filter As Variant, _
Optional ByVal FilterIndex As Variant, _
Optional ByVal DefaultExt As Variant, _
Optional ByVal FileName As Variant, _
Optional ByVal DialogTitle As Variant, _
Optional ByVal hwnd As Variant, _
Optional ByVal OpenFile As Variant) As Variant
' This is the entry point you'll use to call the common
' file open/save dialog. The parameters are listed
' below, and all are optional.
'
' In:
' Flags: one or more of the ahtOFN_* constants, OR'd together.
' InitialDir: the directory in which to first look
' Filter: a set of file filters, set up by calling
' AddFilterItem. See examples.
' FilterIndex: 1-based integer indicating which filter
' set to use, by default (1 if unspecified)
' DefaultExt: Extension to use if the user doesn't enter one.
' Only useful on file saves.
' FileName: Default value for the file name text box.
' DialogTitle: Title for the dialog.
' hWnd: parent window handle
' OpenFile: Boolean(True=Open File/False=Save As)
' Out:
' Return Value: Either Null or the selected filename
Dim OFN As tagOPENFILENAME
Dim strFileName As String
Dim strFileTitle As String
Dim fResult As Boolean
' Give the dialog a caption title.
If IsMissing(InitialDir) Then InitialDir = CurDir
If IsMissing(Filter) Then Filter = ""
If IsMissing(FilterIndex) Then FilterIndex = 1
If IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = 0&
If IsMissing(DefaultExt) Then DefaultExt = ""
If IsMissing(FileName) Then FileName = ""
If IsMissing(DialogTitle) Then DialogTitle = ""
If IsMissing(hwnd) Then hwnd = Application.hWndAccessApp
If IsMissing(OpenFile) Then OpenFile = True
' Allocate string space for the returned strings.
strFileName = Left(FileName & String(256, 0), 256)
strFileTitle = String(256, 0)
' Set up the data structure before you call the function
With OFN
.lStructSize = Len(OFN)
.hwndOwner = hwnd
.strFilter = Filter
.nFilterIndex = FilterIndex
.strFile = strFileName
.nMaxFile = Len(strFileName)
.strFileTitle = strFileTitle
.nMaxFileTitle = Len(strFileTitle)
.strTitle = DialogTitle
.Flags = Flags
.strDefExt = DefaultExt
.strInitialDir = InitialDir
' Didn't think most people would want to deal with
' these options.
.hInstance = 0
'.strCustomFilter = ""
'.nMaxCustFilter = 0
.lpfnHook = 0
'New for NT 4.0
.strCustomFilter = String(255, 0)
.nMaxCustFilter = 255
End With
' This will pass the desired data structure to the
' Windows API, which will in turn it uses to display
' the Open/Save As Dialog.
If OpenFile Then
fResult = aht_apiGetOpenFileName(OFN)
Else
fResult = aht_apiGetSaveFileName(OFN)
End If
' The function call filled in the strFileTitle member
' of the structure. You'll have to write special code
' to retrieve that if you're interested.
If fResult Then
' You might care to check the Flags member of the
' structure to get information about the chosen file.
' In this example, if you bothered to pass in a
' value for Flags, we'll fill it in with the outgoing
' Flags value.
If Not IsMissing(Flags) Then Flags = OFN.Flags
ahtCommonFileOpenSave = TrimNull(OFN.strFile)
Else
ahtCommonFileOpenSave = vbNullString
End If
End Function
Private Function ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter As String, _
strDescription As String, Optional varItem As Variant) As String
' Tack a new chunk onto the file filter.
' That is, take the old value, stick onto it the description,
' (like "Databases"), a null character, the skeleton
' (like "*.mdb;*.mda") and a final null character.
If IsMissing(varItem) Then varItem = "*.*"
ahtAddFilterItem = strFilter & _
strDescription & vbNullChar & _
varItem & vbNullChar
End Function
Private Function TrimNull(ByVal strItem As String) As String
Dim intPos As Integer
intPos = InStr(strItem, vbNullChar)
If intPos > 0 Then
TrimNull = Left(strItem, intPos - 1)
Else
TrimNull = strItem
End If
End Function
Public Function cdlGetFile() As String
On Error GoTo MyMistake
Dim strFilter As String
Dim strInputFileName As String
strFilter = ahtAddFilterItem(strFilter, "All Files (*.*)", "*.*")
strInputFileName = ahtCommonFileOpenSave(Filter:=strFilter,
OpenFile:=True,
_
DialogTitle:="Please select an input file...", _
Flags:=ahtOFN_HIDEREADONLY)
If Len(strInputFileName) = 0 Then
cdlGetFile = "No File"
Else
cdlGetFile = strInputFileName
End If
ExitError:
Exit Function
MyMistake:
MsgBox "Source: " & Err.Source & (Chr(13) & Chr(10)) &
"Description: "
& Err.Description & (Chr(13) & Chr(10)) & "Error Number: " & "(" &
Err.Number & ")", vbOKOnly, "Error"
Resume ExitError
End Function
Public Function GetUniversal(ByVal strPath As String) As String
Dim BufSize As Long
Dim uni As UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO
Dim StartLoc As Long
BufSize = UNIVERSAL_NAME_BUFFER_SIZE
If WNetGetUniversalName(strPath, UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO_LEVEL, uni,
BufSize) = NO_ERROR Then
'After we return from WNetGetUniversalName, the
lpUniversalName
contains a pointer for the universal path name.
'The pointer is usually points to the first byte of the buffer
array
(buf variable in UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO ).
'Just to be safe, I calculate the exact location of the string
in
the buffer, by the following expression: (The result is always 1)
StartLoc = uni.lpUniversalName - VarPtr(uni) - 3
GetUniversal = Mid$(StrConv(uni.buf, vbUnicode), StartLoc,
InStr(StrConv(uni.buf, vbUnicode), vbNullChar) - 1)
Else
MsgBox "Error: cannot find the universal path of " & strPath,
vbOKOnly Or vbExclamation, ""
End If
End Function
Private Function fGetDrives() As String
'Returns all mapped drives
Dim lngRet As Long
Dim strDrives As String * 255
Dim lngTmp As Long
lngTmp = Len(strDrives)
lngRet = GetLogicalDriveStrings(lngTmp, strDrives)
fGetDrives = Left(strDrives, lngRet)
End Function
Private Function fGetUNCPath(strDriveLetter As String) As String
On Local Error GoTo fGetUNCPath_Err
Dim Msg As String, lngReturn As Long
Dim lpszLocalName As String
Dim lpszRemoteName As String
Dim cbRemoteName As Long
lpszLocalName = strDriveLetter
lpszRemoteName = String$(255, Chr$(32))
cbRemoteName = Len(lpszRemoteName)
lngReturn = WNetGetConnection(lpszLocalName, lpszRemoteName, _
cbRemoteName)
Select Case lngReturn
Case ERROR_BAD_DEVICE
Msg = "Error: Bad Device"
Case ERROR_CONNECTION_UNAVAIL
Msg = "Error: Connection Un-Available"
Case ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR
Msg = "Error: Extended Error"
Case ERROR_MORE_DATA
Msg = "Error: More Data"
Case ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED
Msg = "Error: Feature not Supported"
Case ERROR_NO_NET_OR_BAD_PATH
Msg = "Error: No Network Available or Bad Path"
Case ERROR_NO_NETWORK
Msg = "Error: No Network Available"
Case ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED
Msg = "Error: Not Connected"
Case NO_ERROR
' all is successful...
End Select
If Len(Msg) Then
MsgBox Msg, vbInformation
Else
fGetUNCPath = Left$(lpszRemoteName, cbRemoteName)
End If
fGetUNCPath_End:
Exit Function
fGetUNCPath_Err:
MsgBox Err.Description, vbInformation
Resume fGetUNCPath_End
End Function
Private Function fDriveType(strDriveName As String) As String
Dim lngRet As Long
Dim strDrive As String
lngRet = GetDriveType(strDriveName)
Select Case lngRet
Case DRIVE_UNKNOWN 'The drive type cannot be determined.
strDrive = "Unknown Drive Type"
Case DRIVE_ABSENT 'The root directory does not exist.
strDrive = "Drive does not exist"
Case DRIVE_REMOVABLE 'The drive can be removed from the drive.
strDrive = "Removable Media"
Case DRIVE_FIXED 'The disk cannot be removed from the drive.
strDrive = "Fixed Drive"
Case DRIVE_REMOTE 'The drive is a remote (network) drive.
strDrive = "Network Drive"
Case DRIVE_CDROM 'The drive is a CD-ROM drive.
strDrive = "CD Rom"
Case DRIVE_RAMDISK 'The drive is a RAM disk.
strDrive = "Ram Disk"
End Select
fDriveType = strDrive
End Function
Public Function sListAllDrives()
Dim strAllDrives As String
Dim strTmp As String
strAllDrives = fGetDrives
If strAllDrives <> "" Then
Do
strTmp = Mid$(strAllDrives, 1, InStr(strAllDrives,
vbNullChar) -
1)
strAllDrives = Mid$(strAllDrives, InStr(strAllDrives,
vbNullChar) + 1)
Select Case fDriveType(strTmp)
Case "Removable Media":
Debug.Print "Removable drive : " & strTmp
Case "CD ROM":
Debug.Print " CD Rom drive : " & strTmp
Case "Fixed Drive":
Debug.Print " Local drive : " & strTmp
Case "Network Drive":
Debug.Print " Network drive : " & strTmp
Debug.Print " UNC Path : " & _
fGetUNCPath(Left$(strTmp, Len(strTmp) -
1))
End Select
Loop While strAllDrives <> ""
End If
End Function
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