From: Philippe Lang <redmine@...>
Date: 2010-05-05T19:44:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:30019] [Bug #2947] win32ole & MS Access 2007

Issue #2947 has been updated by Philippe Lang.


Problem found: until Access 2007, path to the database can be specified with slashes or backslashes. It works in both situations. Since Access 2007, slashes yield to a read-only database, and backslashed a read-write database. Strange, but true!

Since expand_path expands the path of a file with slashes, code had to be slightly changed in order to work with Access 2007:

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require 'win32ole'
access = WIN32OLE.new('Access.Application')
database = File.expand_path('db2000.mdb').gsub(/\//, '\\')
access.OpenCurrentDatabase(database, false)
access.DoCmd.OpenReport("rptTest")
access.Visible = true
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Note that the vbs code has the same symptoms: if backslashes are replaced with slashes, database is opened read-only.

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Set objAcc = WScript.CreateObject("Access.Application")
strDBName = "C:/Users/Philippe Lang/Desktop/db2000.mdb"
objAcc.OpenCurrentDatabase strDBName
objAcc.run "get_document_lines_store", "1234", "L", "1"
objAcc.DoCmd.OpenReport "rptTest", 2, "", ""
objAcc.Visible = true
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This is the case for native Access 2007 databases, and Access 2000 database in "compatibility mode" under Access 2007.

Hope it can help anyone. Case can be closed.
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