Sunday 24 June 2012

Ex22: VBA - Show form properties using DAO

Loop through the controls on a form, showing names and properties using DAO in VBA

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

'Constants for examining how a field is indexed.
Private Const intcIndexNone As Integer = 0
Private Const intcIndexGeneral As Integer = 1
Private Const intcIndexUnique As Integer = 3
Private Const intcIndexPrimary As Integer = 7


Function ShowFormProperties(strFormName As String)
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
    'Purpose:   Loop through the controls on a form, showing names and properties.
    'Usage:     Call ShowFormProperties("Form1")
    Dim frm As Form
    Dim ctl As Control
    Dim prp As Property
    Dim strOut As String
    
    DoCmd.OpenForm strFormName, acDesign, WindowMode:=acHidden
    Set frm = Forms(strFormName)
    
    For Each ctl In frm
        For Each prp In ctl.Properties
            strOut = strFormName & "." & ctl.Name & "." & prp.Name & ": "
            strOut = strOut & prp.Type & vbTab
            strOut = strOut & prp.Value
            Debug.Print strOut
        Next
        If ctl.ControlType = acTextBox Then Stop
    Next
    
    Set frm = Nothing
    DoCmd.Close acForm, strFormName, acSaveNo

Exit_Handler:
    Exit Function

Err_Handler:
    Select Case Err.Number
    Case 2186:
        strOut = strOut & Err.Description
        Resume Next
    Case Else
        MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description, vbExclamation, "ShowFormProperties()"
        Resume Exit_Handler
    End Select
End Function

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