by Dalin Nie (5 Submissions)
Category: Databases/Data Access/DAO/ADO
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Mon 19th April 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Open a password pretected MDB, using DAO, Data Control, OLE Automation.
VBcoders
Set MyDB = DBEngine.OpenDatabase(TheMDBNameWithFullPath,False,False,";Pwd=" & pwd)
Use Data Control
With Data1
.DatabaseName=App.Path & "\my.mdb"
.RecordSource="mytable"
.Connect=";Pwd=" & pwd
.Refresh
End With
Use OLE Automation
Dim objAccess as Object
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
'This procedure sets a module-level variable, objAccess, to refer to
'an instance of Microsoft Access. The code first tries to use GetObject
'to refer to an instance that might already be open. If an instance is
'not already open, the Shell() function opens a new instance and
'specifies the user and password, based on the arguments passed to the
'procedure.
'
'Calling example: OpenSecured varUser:="Admin", varPw:=""
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub OpenSecured(Optional varUser As Variant, Optional varPw As Variant)
Dim cmd As String
On Error Resume Next
Set objAccess = GetObject(, "Access.Application")
If Err <> 0 Then 'no instance of Access is open
If IsMissing(varUser) Then varUser = "Admin"
cmd = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSAccess.exe"
cmd = cmd & " /nostartup /user " & varUser
If Not IsMissing(varPw) Then cmd = cmd & " /pwd " & varPw
Shell pathname:=cmd, windowstyle:=6
Do 'Wait for shelled process to finish.
Err = 0
Set objAccess = GetObject(, "Access.Application")
Loop While Err <> 0
End If
End Sub
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