ACC: How to Export All Modules in a Database to Text Files

• Microsoft Access versions 7.0, 97

SUMMARY

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

This article demonstrates how to export all modules in a database to text files.

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1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.

2. Create a module and type the following lines in the Declarations section:

         Option Explicit
         Public MyMsg as String, MyTitle as String ' Global variables.
   

3. Type the following procedure:

         Function OutPutModules(strMyloc As Variant)
         '******************************************************************
         ' This function will export ALL modules in the current dbase as
         ' text files to the user supplied location or to the default
         ' location. This function will except an optional argument as the
         ' location to export to. The Optional argument should consist of a
         ' path to the location where you want to store the text files. If
         ' you don't supply the optional argument, the default location of
         ' c:\ will be used.
         '******************************************************************
         On Error GoTo OutPutModules_Error
   

         Dim strMyMsg As String
         Dim strMyTitle As String
         Dim DB As Database
         Dim strModuleName As String
         Dim intI As Integer
         Dim mdl As Module
         Dim strMyExt As String
         Dim strDisplayError As String
         Dim strNewMsg As String
         Dim strNewLoc As String
   

         Set DB = CurrentDb()
         ' If user enters the backslash in the location, for example, 'A:\',
         ' parse out the '\' backslash, assign the drive letter and the colon
         ' ONLY to variable 'Myloc'.
         If Right(strMyloc, 1) = "\" Then strMyloc = Left(strMyloc, _
            Len(strMyloc) - 1)
         strMyExt = ".txt"  ' Set extension for file names.
        ' Loop through module names.
         For intI = 0 To DB.Containers("Modules").Documents.Count - 1
            ' Set string variable(strModuleName) to module names.
            strModuleName = DB.Containers("Modules").Documents(intI).Name
            ' Print out ALL modules in designated format to designated
            ' drive/folder.
            strNewLoc = strMyloc & "\" & strModuleName & strMyExt
            DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputModule, strModuleName, acFormatTXT, _
               strNewLoc, 0
            ' In Microsoft Access 7.0 change acOutputModule to acModule
         Next intI
         ' Display message with # of objects exported.
         strNewMsg = intI & " Module Objects Exported" & Chr(13) & Chr(10)
         strNewMsg = strNewMsg & "to " & strMyloc & "."
         MsgBox strNewMsg, vbOK, "Export Objects"
   
         Exit_OutPutModules:
            Exit Function
   
         OutPutModules_Error:
            strMyTitle = "Error in Procedure: OutPutTo ; Module: " & mdl
            strMyMsg = "Error Number: " & Err.Number & Chr(13) & Chr(10)
            strMyMsg = strMyMsg & "Error Description :" & Err.Description & _
               Chr(13) & Chr(10)
            MsgBox strMyMsg, vbExclamation, strMyTitle
            Resume Exit_OutPutModules
         End Function
   
   

4. To test this function, type the following line in the Debug window, and then press ENTER:

          ?OutPutModules("C:\My Documents")
   

   Note that you receive the following message:

         3 Modules Exported to C:\My Documents