Tuesday, July 29, 2014

How To Running a Sub Procedure in Access 2003

After writing a Sub procedure, you may want to test it. You can run a Sub procedure from within the Visual Basic Editor, but you might have to return to Access to view the results. If the Sub procedure is a long one, you can also click buttons to pause it or to stop it altogether.

Run a Sub Procedure

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Click the Save button on the Database toolbar to save changes to the VBA project.
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Enter a name for your module if requested.
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Click anywhere within the Sub procedure that you want to run.
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If the Macros dialog box appears, select the macro you want to run, and then click Run.
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Return to Access, if necessary, to view the results of your Sub procedure.
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Did You Know?

You can rename a module. If you want to rename a module, select the module from the Project Explorer, and then enter a new name in the Name box, located in the Properties window.
You can run a procedure from the keyboard. You can also run a Sub procedure by pressing F5. If you need to halt the procedure, press the Ctrl and the Break keys simultaneously.