Re: Excel Crashing when opened from Access

Thanks Roy. Will try that

Phil
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"Phil Stanton" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am using the following code (Office 2000)

Private Sub Storage_Click()

On Error GoTo Err_Storage_Click

Dim ExcelApp As Object
Dim ExcelWasNotRunning As Boolean ' Flag for final
release Dim MyDb As Database

On Error Resume Next
Set ExcelApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
ExcelApp.Visible = True

If Err.Number <> 0 Then ExcelWasNotRunning = True
Err.Clear ' Clear Err object in case error occurred.

' Check for Microsoft Excel. If Microsoft Excel is running,
' enter it into the Running Object table.
DetectExcel

' Set the object variable to reference the file you want to see.
Set ExcelApp = GetObject("C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My
Documents\Access\MDB\WFYC\Storage.XLS")

' Show Microsoft Excel through its Application property. Then
' show the actual window containing the file using the Windows
' collection of the ExcelApp object reference.
ExcelApp.Application.Visible = True
ExcelApp.Parent.Windows(1).Visible = True

Exit_Storage_Click:
Exit Sub

Err_Storage_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Storage_Click

End Sub

Sub DetectExcel()
' Procedure dectects a running Excel and registers it.
Const WM_USER = 1024
Dim hWnd As Long
' If Excel is running this API call returns its handle.
hWnd = FindWindow("XLMAIN", 0)
If hWnd = 0 Then ' 0 means Excel not running.
Exit Sub
Else
' Excel is running so use the SendMessage API
' function to enter it in the Running Object Table.
SendMessage hWnd, WM_USER + 18, 0, 0
End If

End Sub

This opens up the Excel application OK (It is using data in the
database) If I click on pretty much anything in the Excel
application it immediately crashes. If I click on something in
Access immediately after Eccel opens, then return to Eccel - I get a
message that th ODBC Microsoft Access Driver Login Failed and the
data fails to update. If I open Excel with the Access DB closed,
everything works perfectly.

Would appreciate advice

Thanks

Phil

If this is all the code, and if I understand correct, I'd try
shelling in stead of automating.

For instance using ShellExecute (check out the handy wrapper from
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm)

--
Roy-Vidar




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