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Preview an Access Database Report



Preview an Access Database Report

The function below can be used to preview a report created in MS Access.

'Purpose   :    Preview an Access Report from VB
'Inputs    :    sAccessDBPath           The path and filename of the access database containing the report to show
'               sReportName             The name of the report to show
'Outputs   :    Returns an empty string on success, else returns an error message.


Function AccessShowReport(sAccessDBPath As String, sReportName As String) As String
    Dim oAccess As Object 'Access.Application
    
    On Error GoTo ErrFailed
    AccessShowReport = ""
    'Create Access
    Set oAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application")
    'Open Database
    oAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase sAccessDBPath
    'Open report
    oAccess.DoCmd.OpenReport sReportName, 0 'acViewNormal
    'Show Access Report
    oAccess.Visible = True
    oAccess.CloseCurrentDatabase
    Set oAccess = Nothing
    Exit Function

ErrFailed:
    Debug.Print Err.Description
    Debug.Assert False
    AccessShowReport = Err.Description
    If oAccess Is Nothing = False Then
        oAccess.CloseCurrentDatabase
        Set oAccess = Nothing
    End If
End Function