Run Access Macro Automatically

[UnysonElliot]

Hello,

I have created a database that I would like to put on a schedule to send out every day without manual intervention. I have seen a lot of posts from various websites about using Windows Task Scheduler. I cannot figure out how to use the Windows Task Scheduler. I was coming here either for help with setting up Windows Task Scheduler to run this macro or if there are any other solutions that anybody knows.

Let me know if you need any info from me that I can provide to help.

 

[xenou]

Just an FYI some vba or VBScript code can be run this way:

    Set app = CreateObject("Access.Application")
    app.OpenCurrentDataBase "C:\myTemp\db1.accdb"
    call app.Run("TPCReport")
    app.Quit
    Set app = Nothing

Where TPCReport is the name of a sub/function in a public module in the access database. Per the discussion above you can say that the database is technically opened, but it is done so invisibly to the user and is closed when the subroutine returns.

 

[UnysonElliot]

Just an FYI some vba or VBScript code can be run this way:

    Set app = CreateObject("Access.Application")
    app.OpenCurrentDataBase "C:\myTemp\db1.accdb"
    call app.Run("TPCReport")
    app.Quit
    Set app = Nothing

Where TPCReport is the name of a sub/function in a public module in the access database. Per the discussion above you can say that the database is technically opened, but it is done so invisibly to the user and is closed when the subroutine returns.

So here is what my current module says.

Public Function Elliot()
Dim Current_Date As String
Dim File_Name As String
Current_Date = Format(Now(), "yyyymmdd")
File_Name = "T:\GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL\Global Invoice Report\Reports\Global Invoice Shipment Report " & Current_Date & ".xlsx"
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acExport, , "Global Invoice Shipment Report", File_Name
End Function

Am I adding your script somewhere to that or what?

 

[xenou]

that would be the function you want to call.

So, given my script, more or less it would look something like:

    Set app = CreateObject("Access.Application")
    app.OpenCurrentDataBase "C:\myTemp\db1.accdb"
    call app.Run("[B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Elliot[/COLOR][/B]")
    app.Quit
    Set app = Nothing

This is code that you you would use to run something in access, when you are somewhere not in access (such as when doing something in Excel, or using a script to run a scheduled task using windows task scheduler).