Updating the Northwind Refresh Table Links in Access - vba

Question

There is this database program that I am working on. For some reason the boss purchased all 64bit 2010 Office Suites so I am updating the program to work on the 64bit Office.
In this section I have a problem with trying to figure out the way to make this work on 64bit Access. I can't seem to get a straight answer about msaof, nor can I find any work that has the updated code. Its part of the Northwind Refresh Table Link which can be found on the internet but code only works in 32bit.
Private Sub MSAOF_to_OF(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME, of As OPENFILENAME)
' This sub converts from the friendly MSAccess structure to the win32 structure.
Dim strFile As String * 512
' Initialize some parts of the structure.
of.hwndOwner = Application.hWndAccessApp
of.hInstance = 0
of.lpstrCustomFilter = 0
of.nMaxCustrFilter = 0
of.lpfnHook = 0
of.lpTemplateName = 0
of.lCustrData = 0
If msaof.strFilter = "" Then
of.lpstrFilter = MSA_CreateFilterString(ALLFILES)
Else
of.lpstrFilter = msaof.strFilter
End If
of.nFilterIndex = msaof.lngFilterIndex
of.lpstrFile = msaof.strInitialFile & String$(512 - Len(msaof.strInitialFile), 0)
of.nMaxFile = 511
of.lpstrFileTitle = String$(512, 0)
of.nMaxFileTitle = 511
of.lpstrTitle = msaof.strDialogTitle
of.lpstrInitialDir = msaof.strInitialDir
of.lpstrDefExt = msaof.strDefaultExtension
of.flags = msaof.lngFlags
of.lStructSize = Len(of)
End Sub
One of thing is that I get the error "of.nMaxCustrFilter = 0" does not exist but when I comment it out the debugger still points to it and Highlights the entire first line.
Update:This is the entire code
Option Explicit ' Require variables to be declared before being used.
Option Compare Database ' Use database order for string comparisons.
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Declare PtrSafe Function GetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Type MSA_OPENFILENAME
' Filter string used for the File Open dialog filters.
' Use MSA_CreateFilterString() to create this.
' Default = All Files, *.*
strFilter As String
' Initial Filter to display.
' Default = 1.
lngFilterIndex As Long
' Initial directory for the dialog to open in.
' Default = Current working directory.
strInitialDir As String
' Initial file name to populate the dialog with.
' Default = "".
strInitialFile As String
strDialogTitle As String
' Default extension to append to file if user didn't specify one.
' Default = System Values (Open File, Save File).
strDefaultExtension As String
' Flags (see constant list) to be used.
' Default = no flags.
lngFlags As Long
' Full path of file picked. On OpenFile, if the user picks a
' nonexistent file, only the text in the "File Name" box is returned.
strFullPathReturned As String
' File name of file picked.
strFileNameReturned As String
' Offset in full path (strFullPathReturned) where the file name
' (strFileNameReturned) begins.
intFileOffset As Integer
' Offset in full path (strFullPathReturned) where the file extension begins.
intFileExtension As Integer
End Type
Const ALLFILES = "All Files"
Type OPENFILENAME
lStructSize As Long
hwndOwner As LongPtr
hInstance As LongPtr
lpstrFilter As String
lpstrCustomFilter As String
nMaxCustFilter As Long
nFilterIndex As Long
lpstrFile As String
nMaxFile As Long
lpstrFileTitle As String
nMaxFileTitle As Long
lpstrInitialDir As String
lpstrTitle As String
flags As Long
nFileOffset As Integer
nFileExtension As Integer
lpstrDefExt As String
lCustData As Long
lpfnHook As LongPtr
lpTemplateName As String
End Type
Const OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200
Const OFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000
Const OFN_EXPLORER = &H80000
Const OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000
Const OFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4
Const OFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8
Const OFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000
Const OFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000
Const OFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000
Const OFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100
Const OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2
Const OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800
Const OFN_READONLY = &H1
Const OFN_SHOWHELP = &H10
Function FindNorthwind(strSearchPath) As String
' Displays the open file dialog box for the user to locate
' the ElectricData database. Returns the full path to ElectricData.
Dim msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME
' Set options for the dialog box.
msaof.strDialogTitle = "Where Is ElectricData.accdb?"
msaof.strInitialDir = strSearchPath
msaof.strFilter = MSA_CreateFilterString("Databases", "**.accdb")
' Call the Open File dialog routine.
MSA_GetOpenFileName msaof
' Return the path and file name.
FindNorthwind = Trim(msaof.strFullPathReturned)
End Function
Function MSA_CreateFilterString(ParamArray varFilt() As Variant) As String
' Creates a filter string from the passed in arguments.
' Returns "" if no args are passed in.
' Expects an even number of args (filter name, extension), but
' if an odd number is passed in, it appends *.*
Dim strFilter As String
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim intNum As Integer
intNum = UBound(varFilt)
If (intNum <> -1) Then
For intRet = 0 To intNum
strFilter = strFilter & varFilt(intRet) & vbNullChar
Next
If intNum Mod 2 = 0 Then
strFilter = strFilter & "*.*" & vbNullChar
End If
strFilter = strFilter & vbNullChar
Else
strFilter = ""
End If
MSA_CreateFilterString = strFilter
End Function
Function MSA_ConvertFilterString(strFilterIn As String) As String
' Creates a filter string from a bar ("|") separated string.
' The string should pairs of filter|extension strings, i.e. "Access Databases|**.accdb|All Files|*.*"
' If no extensions exists for the last filter pair, *.* is added.
' This code will ignore any empty strings, i.e. "||" pairs.
' Returns "" if the strings passed in is empty.
Dim strFilter As String
Dim intNum As Integer, intPos As Integer, intLastPos As Integer
strFilter = ""
intNum = 0
intPos = 1
intLastPos = 1
' Add strings as long as we find bars.
' Ignore any empty strings (not allowed).
Do
intPos = InStr(intLastPos, strFilterIn, "|")
If (intPos > intLastPos) Then
strFilter = strFilter & Mid$(strFilterIn, intLastPos, intPos - intLastPos) & vbNullChar
intNum = intNum + 1
intLastPos = intPos + 1
ElseIf (intPos = intLastPos) Then
intLastPos = intPos + 1
End If
Loop Until (intPos = 0)
' Get last string if it exists (assuming strFilterIn was not bar terminated).
intPos = Len(strFilterIn)
If (intPos >= intLastPos) Then
strFilter = strFilter & Mid$(strFilterIn, intLastPos, intPos - intLastPos + 1) & vbNullChar
intNum = intNum + 1
End If
' Add *.* if there's no extension for the last string.
If intNum Mod 2 = 1 Then
strFilter = strFilter & "*.*" & vbNullChar
End If
' Add terminating NULL if we have any filter.
If strFilter <> "" Then
strFilter = strFilter & vbNullChar
End If
MSA_ConvertFilterString = strFilter
End Function
Private Function MSA_GetSaveFileName(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME) As Integer
' Opens the file save dialog.
Dim of As OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer
MSAOF_to_OF msaof, of
of.flags = of.flags Or OFN_HIDEREADONLY
intRet = GetSaveFileName(of)
If intRet Then
OF_to_MSAOF of, msaof
End If
MSA_GetSaveFileName = intRet
End Function
Function MSA_SimpleGetSaveFileName() As String
' Opens the file save dialog with default values.
Dim msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim strRet As String
intRet = MSA_GetSaveFileName(msaof)
If intRet Then
strRet = msaof.strFullPathReturned
End If
MSA_SimpleGetSaveFileName = strRet
End Function
Private Function MSA_GetOpenFileName(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME) As Integer
' Opens the file open dialog.
Dim of As OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer
MSAOF_to_OF msaof, of
intRet = GetOpenFileName(of)
If intRet Then
OF_to_MSAOF of, msaof
End If
MSA_GetOpenFileName = intRet
End Function
Function MSA_SimpleGetOpenFileName() As String
' Opens the file open dialog with default values.
Dim msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME
Dim intRet As Integer
Dim strRet As String
intRet = MSA_GetOpenFileName(msaof)
If intRet Then
strRet = msaof.strFullPathReturned
End If
MSA_SimpleGetOpenFileName = strRet
End Function
Public Function CheckLinks() As Boolean
' Check links to the ElectricData database; returns true if links are OK.
Dim dbs As Database, rst As DAO.Recordset
Set dbs = CurrentDb()
' Open linked table to see if connection information is correct.
On Error Resume Next
Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset("lstPartClasses")
' If there's no error, return True.
If Err = 0 Then
CheckLinks = True
Else
CheckLinks = False
End If
End Function
Private Sub OF_to_MSAOF(of As OPENFILENAME, msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME)
' This sub converts from the win32 structure to the friendly MSAccess structure.
msaof.strFullPathReturned = Left$(of.lpstrFile, InStr(of.lpstrFile, vbNullChar) - 1)
msaof.strFileNameReturned = of.lpstrFileTitle
msaof.intFileOffset = of.nFileOffset
msaof.intFileExtension = of.nFileExtension
End Sub
Private Sub MSAOF_to_OF(msaof As MSA_OPENFILENAME, of As OPENFILENAME)
' This sub converts from the friendly MSAccess structure to the win32 structure.
Dim strFile As String * 512
' Initialize some parts of the structure.
of.hwndOwner = Application.hWndAccessApp
of.hInstance = 0
of.lpstrCustomFilter = 0
of.nMaxCustrFilter = 0
of.lpfnHook = 0
of.lpTemplateName = 0
of.lCustrData = 0
If msaof.strFilter = "" Then
of.lpstrFilter = MSA_CreateFilterString(ALLFILES)
Else
of.lpstrFilter = msaof.strFilter
End If
of.nFilterIndex = msaof.lngFilterIndex
of.lpstrFile = msaof.strInitialFile & String$(512 - Len(msaof.strInitialFile), 0)
of.nMaxFile = 511
of.lpstrFileTitle = String$(512, 0)
of.nMaxFileTitle = 511
of.lpstrTitle = msaof.strDialogTitle
of.lpstrInitialDir = msaof.strInitialDir
of.lpstrDefExt = msaof.strDefaultExtension
of.flags = msaof.lngFlags
of.lStructSize = Len(of)
End Sub
Private Function RefreshLinks(strFilename As String) As Boolean
' Refresh links to the supplied database. Return True if successful.
Dim dbs As Database
Dim intCount As Integer
Dim tdf As TableDef
' Loop through all tables in the database.
Set dbs = CurrentDb
For intCount = 0 To dbs.TableDefs.Count - 1
Set tdf = dbs.TableDefs(intCount)
' If the table has a connect string, it's a linked table.
If Len(tdf.Connect) > 0 Then
tdf.Connect = ";DATABASE=" & strFilename
' Debug.Print tdf.Connect
' Debug.Print tdf.SourceTableName
Err = 0
On Error Resume Next
tdf.RefreshLink ' Relink the table.
If Err <> 0 Then
RefreshLinks = False
Exit Function
End If
End If
Next intCount
RefreshLinks = True ' Relinking complete.
End Function
Public Function RelinkTables() As Boolean
' Tries to refresh the links to the American Campus IT Department database.
' Returns True if successful.
Const conMaxTables = 8
Const conNonExistentTable = 3011
Const conNotNorthwind = 3078
Const conNwindNotFound = 3024
Const conAccessDenied = 3051
Const conReadOnlyDatabase = 3027
Const conAppTitle = "Calvin's Electric - Bid/Job Program"
Dim strAccDir As String
Dim strSearchPath As String
Dim strFilename As String
Dim intError As Integer
Dim strError As String
' Get name of directory where Msaccess.exe is located.
strAccDir = SysCmd(acSysCmdAccessDir)
' Get the default sample database path.
If Dir(strAccDir & "\.") = "" Then
strSearchPath = strAccDir
Else
strSearchPath = strAccDir & "\"
End If
' Look for the ElectricData database.
If (Dir(strSearchPath & "ElectricData.accdb") <> "") Then
strFilename = strSearchPath & "ElectricData.accdb"
Else
' Can't find ElectricData, so display the File Open dialog.
MsgBox "Can't find linked tables in the Calvin's Electric Bid And Job Program. You must locate the ElectricData Database in order to use " _
& conAppTitle & ".", vbExclamation
strFilename = FindNorthwind(strSearchPath)
If strFilename = "" Then
strError = "Sorry, you must locate ElectricData.accdb to open " & conAppTitle & "."
GoTo Exit_Failed
End If
End If
' Fix the links.
If RefreshLinks(strFilename) Then ' It worked!
RelinkTables = True
Exit Function
End If
' If it failed, display an error.
Select Case Err
Case conNonExistentTable, conNotNorthwind
strError = "File '" & strFilename & "' does not contain the required ElectricData tables."
Case Err = conNwindNotFound
strError = "You can't run " & conAppTitle & " until you locate the ElectricData database."
Case Err = conAccessDenied
strError = "Couldn't open " & strFilename & " because it is read-only or located on a read-only share."
Case Err = conReadOnlyDatabase
strError = "Can't reattach tables because " & conAppTitle & " is read-only or is located on a read-only share."
Case Else
strError = Err.Description
End Select
Exit_Failed:
MsgBox strError, vbCritical
RelinkTables = False
End Function

Answer 1

As an alternative to messing around with the 32/64-bit API declarations, you could just use the Application.FileDialog method that is available in Access 2010. It works with both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Access.

Answer 2

It seems likely that you have Declare Function somewhere that need to read Declare PtrSafe Function. Then you will have to make sure that you have a 64 bit library for the DLL you are calling. It seems (not well tested) to work fine in my 64 bit application using the code here http://www.dbforums.com/microsoft-access/990945-building-database-help.html.