TransferDatabase Method

Microsoft Access Visual Basic

TransferDatabase Method

       

The TransferDatabase method carries out the TransferDatabase action in Visual Basic.

expression.TransferDatabase(TransferType, DatabaseType, DatabaseName, ObjectType, Source, Destination, StructureOnly, StoreLogin)

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

TransferType  Optional AcDataTransferType.

AcDataTransferType can be one of these AcDataTransferType constants.
acExport
acImport default
acLink

If you leave this argument blank, the default constant (acImport) is assumed.

Note   The acLink transfer type is not supported for Microsoft Access projects (.adp).

DatabaseType  Optional Variant. A string expression that's the name of one of the types of databases you can use to import, export, or link data.

Types of databases:
Microsoft Access (default)
Jet 2.x
Jet 3.x
dBase III
dBase IV
dBase 5.0
Paradox 3.x
Paradox 4.x
Paradox 5.x
Paradox 7.x
ODBC Databases

In the Macro window, you can view the database types in the list for the Database Type action argument of the TransferDatabase action.

DatabaseName  Optional Variant. A string expression that's the full name, including the path, of the database you want to use to import, export, or link data.

ObjectType  Optional AcObjectType.

AcObjectType can be one of these AcObjectType constants.
acDataAccessPage
acDefault
acDiagram
acForm
acFunction
acMacro
acModule
acQuery
acReport
acServerView
acStoredProcedure
acTable default

This is the type of object whose data you want to import, export, or link. You can specify an object other than acTable only if you are importing or exporting data between two Microsoft Access databases. If you are exporting the results of a Microsoft Access select query to another type of database, specify acTable for this argument.

If you leave this argument blank, the default constant (acTable) is assumed.

Note   The constant acDefault, which appears in the Auto List Members list for this argument, is invalid for this argument. You must choose one of the constants listed above.

Source  Optional Variant. A string expression that's the name of the object whose data you want to import, export, or link.

Destination  Optional Variant. A string expression that's the name of the imported, exported, or linked object in the destination database.

StructureOnly  Optional Variant. Use True (–1) to import or export only the structure of a database table. Use False (0) to import or export the structure of the table and its data. If you leave this argument blank, the default (False) is assumed.

StoreLogin  Optional Variant. Use True to store the login identification (ID) and password for an ODBC database in the connection string for a linked table from the database. If you do this, you don't have to log in each time you open the table. Use False if you don't want to store the login ID and password. If you leave this argument blank, the default (False) is assumed. This argument is available only in Visual Basic.

Remarks

For more information on how the action and its arguments work, see the action topic.

You can leave an optional argument blank in the middle of the syntax, but you must include the argument's comma. If you leave a trailing argument blank, don't use a comma following the last argument you specify.

The administrator of an ODBC database can disable the feature provided by the saveloginid argument, requiring all users to enter the login ID and password each time they connect to the ODBC database.

Note   You can also use ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) to create a link by using the ActiveConnection property for the Recordset object.

Example

The following example imports the NW Sales for April report from the Microsoft Access database NWSales.mdb into the Corporate Sales for April report in the current database:

DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "Microsoft Access", _
    "C:\My Documents\NWSales.mdb", acReport, "NW Sales for April", _
    "Corporate Sales for April"

The next example links the ODBC database table Authors to the current database:

DoCmd.TransferDatabase acLink, "ODBC Database", _
    "ODBC;DSN=DataSource1;UID=User2;PWD=www;LANGUAGE=us_english;" _
    & "DATABASE=pubs", acTable, "Authors", "dboAuthors"