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Module: MSysObjectsInfo in Category Microsoft Access : Objects from Total Visual SourceBook

Retrieve Access object information from the MSysObjects table using VBA and VB6.

Procedure List

Procedure Name	Type	Description
(Declarations)	Declarations	Declarations and private variables for the modMSysObjectsInfo module.
AccessObjectsToArray	Procedure	Builds a zero based array containing a dictionary (list) of all Access objects using the MSysObjects table. The array includes the object type and the object name.
AccessObjectsToTable	Procedure	Builds a dictionary of Access objects to a table. If the table exists, it is emptied. If the table does not already exist, it is created. The created table has the following structure: FIELD NAME FIELD TYPE ObjectType Text(10) ObjectName Text(64).
GetAccessID	Procedure	Get the internal Access ID number for an object. Access maintains a unique long integer id number for every object in the database. This function returns that value.
GetAccessIDInfo	Procedure	Get the name of the object associated by the internal Access ID number. Access maintains a unique long integer id number for every object in the database. This function returns the object with the specified value.

Example Code for Using Module: MSysObjectsInfo

' Example of modObjectInfo
'
' To try this example, do the following:
' 1. Create a new form in your copy of Sample.mdb (in the Total Visual SourceBook sample directory).
' 2. Create a command button 'cmdTest'
' 3. Paste this code into the form's module

Private Const cstrTable As String = "Categories"

Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
  cmdTest.Caption = "Test Access object information functions"
End Sub

Private Sub cmdTest_Click()
  Dim astrNames() As String
  Dim intCounter As Integer
  Dim lngAccessID As Long
  Dim strName As String

  ' Example of AccessObjectsToArray
  AccessObjectsToArray CurrentDb, astrNames
  For intCounter = LBound(astrNames) To UBound(astrNames)
    Debug.Print "Object: " & astrNames(intCounter)
  Next intCounter

  ' Example of AccessObjectsToTable
  AccessObjectsToTable CurrentDb, "FMS Object Dictionary"

  ' Example of GetAccessID
  lngAccessID = GetAccessID(CurrentDb, cstrTable, acTable)
  Debug.Print "Object ID: " & lngAccessID

  strName = GetAccessIDInfo(CurrentDb, lngAccessID)
  Debug.Print "Name for Object ID " & lngAccessID & " is " & strName

End Sub

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