Coding to link Visual basic to MS Access

June 2014
Programs can be written in Visual Basic to access Microsoft access databases. Some programming concepts such as subroutines and looping along with
knowledge of databases and SQL may be required to write programs to link Microsoft Access database to Microsoft Visual Basic code. The ADODB
object is used to create a connection to the database and access the records using ADODB.connection and ADODB.recordset APIs respectively. SQL
is used to search the database for records that match the information provided as parameters to the subroutines. Data in the records can also be manipulated
in the Visual Basic program code.

Coding to link Visual basic to MS Access

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Issue
Hello,
I need to know the coding to link visual basic to MS Access!

Solution
You can try this:
Option Explicit
Dim conn As ADODB.Connection, rec As ADODB.Recordset
Dim esql As String, esql2 As String, searchvar As String
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Text1 = ""
Text2 = ""
Text3 = ""
Command4.Visible = True
Command1.Visible = False
Text1.SetFocus
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
If Not rec.EOF Then
rec.MoveNext
Else
rec.MoveLast
End If
GetText
End Sub
Private Sub Command3_Click()
If Not rec.BOF Then
rec.MovePrevious
Else
rec.MoveFirst
End If
GetText
End Sub
Private Sub Command4_Click()
On Error GoTo 1
If Text1 = "" Or Text2 = "" Then
Command4.Visible = False
Command1.Visible = True
Exit Sub
End If
rec.AddNew
rec.Fields(0) = Text1
rec.Fields(1) = Text2
rec.Fields(2) = Text3
rec.Update
If Not rec.EOF Then rec.MoveNext

rec.MoveFirst
GetText
Command4.Visible = False
Command1.Visible = True
Exit Sub
1
MsgBox ("duplicate value") & Text3
End Sub

Private Sub Command5_Click()

Text1 = ""
Text2 = ""
Text3 = ""
searchvar = InputBox("enter item to find")
rec.Close
rec.Open ("select * from TestRavi where First=" & "'" & searchvar & "'"), conn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
If rec.Fields(0) <> "" Then
Text1 = rec.Fields(0)
Text2 = rec.Fields(1)
Text3 = rec.Fields(2)
Else
MsgBox ("No matching records found")
rec.Close
rec.Open ("select * from testravi"), conn, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
GetText
End If
End Sub
'for integers use
'Dim searchvar2 As Integer
'searchvar2 = InputBox("enter Number")
'rec.Open ("select * from TestRavi where First=" & searchvar2), conn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
Private Sub Form_Load()
Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
Set rec = New ADODB.Recordset
'conn.Open ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB 4.0;Data Source=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb;Persist Security Info=False")
conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb;Persist Security Info=Fals
conn.Open
esql = "select * from TestRavi"
rec.Open (esql), conn, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
GetText
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
rec.Close
conn.Close
Set conn = Nothing
command1.visible=false
End Sub
Private Sub GetText()
If rec.BOF = True Or rec.EOF = True Then Exit Sub
Text1 = rec.Fields(0)
Text2 = rec.Fields(1)
Text3 = ""
End Sub

Note
Thanks to Catgurl323 for this tip on the forum.
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