Comments on: Display External File Properties in Excel

By: odemitch

odemitch — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:50:52 +0000

SidSeton: I removed the “As FileSystemObject” and “As File” from the two Dim lines, and it’s working great now. Don’t really understand how that changed anything, but it works. Thanks so much for your help.

By: odemitch

odemitch — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:26:51 +0000

Ok, I added the function GetFileDate to a module, and I added the =GetFileDate(file path) to the control source of a text box on the form. However, when I open the form, the Visual Basic window opens at the GetFileDate function and displays a “Compile Error: User-defined type not defined” message. If I then close the Visual Basic window and return to the form, it is displaying “#Error”. Any suggestions?

By: sidseton

sidseton — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:44:08 +0000

Add the function getfiledate to a VBA module.

Then use

=GetFileDate(“E:tempSwitch1.xls”)

in the control source, dont forget the = sign at the beginning. Substitute your file name and fully qualified location for (“E:tempSwitch1.xls”)

By: odemitch

odemitch — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:09:51 +0000

Sorry, but like I said, I’m very weak in VBA. I now have the following questions:

Where do I incorporate your code into my database (do I copy and paste it in as module, event procedure, etc)?
Since I need the DateLastModified dates for two (2) Excel files, will your code need to be entered and run twice, or can both dates be retrieved with the one run?
Where do I enter the paths for the two Excel files?
Can I display the dates on my database form by using text boxes? If so, what would be the “Control Source”?