Calling a Report Wizard to Create a New Report
acCmdNewObjectReport
You can use the following sample procedure start the Report Wizard in Microsoft Access from an Automation controller:
'***************** Code Start *******************
'From Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q147816
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'DECLARATIONS
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Option Explicit
Dim objAccess as Object
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'This procedure starts the Report Wizard in Microsoft Access using a
'specified database and table (or query) as the record source. This
'procedure does not close the instance of Microsoft Access because
'objAccess is a module-level variable. To call this procedure, use the
'following syntax:
' CallReportWizard _
' dbname:= _
' "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb",
' sourcetype:="table", sourcename:="Employees"
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub CallReportWizard(dbname As String, sourcetype As String, sourcename As String)
Dim objtype As Integer
On Error GoTo CallReportWizard_ErrHandler
Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application")
With objAccess
.Visible = True
.OpenCurrentDatabase filepath:=dbname
If LCase(sourcetype) = "table" Then
objtype = Access.acTable
Else
objtype = Access.acQuery
End If
.DoCmd.SelectObject objecttype:=objtype, objectname:=sourcename, inDatabaseWindow:=True
.DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdNewObjectReport
End With
Exit Sub
CallReportWizard_ErrHandler:
If Err <> 2501 Then 'Error did not occur by canceling Report Wizard.
MsgBox Error$(), , "Call Report Wizard"
End If
End Sub
'****************** Code End ********************
