Run vba code from within 2010 Data Macro

Question

I have a function that creates a text file and need to run it from the data macro. so then the evens can use it on the table. How do I go about doing this?

Answer 1

You can do this, but it not recommend. Remember, table triggers and store procedure code does run independent of VBA and in fact it runs even if you don't have Access installed.

However, assuming you going to be using Access to always edit the data (a reasonable assumption), then you can in fact have the table macro call VBA code. There are several ways of doing this, but the most common and useful is to set SetLocalVar to a VBA function. This has the added bonus of being able to pass some values to that function which in most cases is likely required.

So, keep in mind you can call VBA code, but then you are adding creating a dependence from your tables to VBA.

So just use SetLocalVar to some dummy var, and place the VBA function in the expression.

Answer 2

You don't, as per our chat. Data macros even run outside of MS Access, if they used code within MS Access, this could not happen. They are tied to the database engine, which knows nothing about Access front-end.

You can run queries from a data macro AFAIK, and it is possible to create a query to write to a file*, but you cannot run VBA.

* I looked into this a little more and I find: "Queries that contain linked tables, action queries, and database references are not allowed in data macros."