Automate saved imports by VBA code - setup to run every night

[jlyn123]

Hello,

Is there a way to have a saved import run each night - a code that this do thise without opening the database?

Thanks!

 

[Joe4]

I usually make a separate Access database that links to this other database (it really just is another version of the "Front End Database"), runs upon opening, executes code, and then automatically close.
You can do that with an AutoExec macro (any macro named "AutoExec" automatically runs upon opening it), or by putting the VBA code in the Load event of a Form, and set that Form to be the Startup Form that the database opens to).
Then you can use any Scheduling program to open the database at the time you want it to run.

So it will open it at your designated time, run the code, and automatically close itself.
I have used this method with great success many times.

 

[Micron]

Isn't that like asking if Word or Excel can open a file without the application itself being opened? I'd bet my dog's life that it can't be done without opening Access in one way or another. You could use Task Scheduler to open the db at night, but your coding skill would need to be somewhat good and the pc running TS has to be left on. TS has an option to run a task whether or not you are logged in, but if IT/IS reboots the machine during the night, it would be a problem if a network login is lost, I think. When doing this, I used TS to activate a shortcut that contains a command line switch so that the db knows TS is opening the db. My startup code ran one way for TS and another way for a regular user.

Are you sure the import needs to be done on a regular basis instead of linking tables to something?

P.S. I don't own a dog