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MS Access Forum / ActiveX Controls / October 2003Common Dialog
When attempting to add the Common Dialog Control to a form in Access2K, I get an error message stating that the control is not regietered. It gives no further data. How do I register it? I have found a file in C:\WIndows\System32 called Comdlg32.ocx (or something like that). But it doesn't seem to help to select it when I try to register. What do I need to do to be able to use this control? Thanks! MAB >When attempting to add the Common Dialog Control to a form in Access2K, I >get an error message stating that the control is not regietered. It gives no >further data. How do I register it? I have found a file in >C:\WIndows\System32 called Comdlg32.ocx (or something like that). But it >doesn't seem to help to select it when I try to register. What do I need to >do to be able to use this control? Use the API call instead. See the API section at the Access Web at www.mvps.org/access. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm My advise is not to use the control at all: it's far too prone to versioning problems. Instead, call the APIs directly. See http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm for sample code. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele > When attempting to add the Common Dialog Control to a form in Access2K, I > get an error message stating that the control is not regietered. It gives no [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks! > MAB To be honest, the code on that page is a bit intimidating. I'm not sure how to adapt it to just bring up the print dialog box, which is all I need (user needs to select the printer to use). Do I need it all, or just a portion of it? Sorry to be of so many questions! MAB > My advise is not to use the control at all: it's far too prone to versioning > problems. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Thanks! > > MAB Ah, the Printer dialog is a different beast. (Sorry, but the vast majority of people using the Common Dialog control want the File Open/File Save dialog, and I didn't think to ask) There are a couple of suggestions at http://www.mvps.org/access/reports/rpt0009.htm and yes, code like this can be a tad daunting, or Tony Toews has a download (Printer switch code) at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele > To be honest, the code on that page is a bit intimidating. I'm not sure how > to adapt it to just bring up the print dialog box, which is all I need (user [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > Thanks! > > > MAB Mike, It's been a while since I touched that code but as best I recall you simply import the module into your own database. There is a routine named, I believe, TestIt or something like that. In the VBE, place your cursor in TestIt and press F5. That should cause it to run to the point of opening the Dialog for you to navigate to a target directory. It will resume execution once you've made your selection. Once you've gone through it like that, go back and start over but this time press F8. That will step you through every line of code. Once you've done that you can then copy and paste the innards of the TestIt routine into the code where you're trying to get the Common Dialogue. Modify the TestIt code to work with your existing code. No further changes should be required. hth  Signature-Larry- -- > To be honest, the code on that page is a bit intimidating. I'm not sure how > to adapt it to just bring up the print dialog box, which is all I need (user [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > Thanks! > > > MAB |
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