Microsoft Access Temporary Variable (TempVars) Cross Reference
This report answers the critical question:
Where are my Microsoft Access TempVars created,
assigned, and used?
Microsoft Access 2007 introduced TempVars which can be created in macros and
modules. They can be referenced in all sorts of places such as queries, forms,
and reports. That's convenient, but extremely challenging to manage.
Fortunately, that's not a problem for Total Access
Analyzer. Total Access Analyzer examines all your objects to
document every use of TempVars to show them in the TempVars
category (under General):
The information is also shown in the TempVars List report
where you can see for each temporary variable, where it's
created, assigned a value, removed, etc.:
In the cross-reference report from the object perspective, you can see within each object, what TempVars they create,
modify reference, and remove:
TempVars Analysis
In addition to documenting where TempVars are created, assigned, referenced,
and removed, Total Access Analyzer also performs additional analysis to pinpoint
potential issues:
- Undefined TempVars: These are critical errors where an
object may be referencing a TempVars value but it's never
created. You'll need to determine where to assign the
value or remove the reference.
- Unused TempVars: These TempVars are created but never
used. They won't cause a problem but it may indicate there
was an intention to do something that did not occur. We
suggest getting rid of these unnecessary assignments to
clean up the application and make it easier to support
over time.
See
Finding and Deleting Unused Access Objects and Code for more details.
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