So I'm having a problem with Crystal Reports where the first time I try to run the report, the report shows up empty. The report shows up with the various separators, lines, boxes, etc., but no data to fill in the report. I'm using Visual Basic 6 for the coding. I'm using a lot of inherited code and the code that handles the actual Crystal Reports is a file that is used for other reports and it works fine. So I'm sure the problem is from what I've done where I'm messing something up.
Here is the code I have so far:
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim strRptFilePathTemp As String
Dim strRptFileName As String
Dim cSql As String
cSql = "SELECT * FROM TABLE1"
Set rs = DbConn.runStatement(cSql, "rs call", , , , , , , , , , True) 'gets a recordset based on the sql statement above
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
strRptFileName = "ReportName.rpt"
strRptFilePathTemp = App.Path
Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass
Set frmcrystalreport.ReportRS = rs
DoEvents
frmcrystalreport.reportfile = strRptFilePathTemp & strRptFileName
frmcrystalreport.ReportTitle = _
frmCrystalReportsMainForm.GetRptTitle1("ReportTitle, ") & vbCrLf
gblStrReportFileNameLastRun = frmcrystalreport.reportfile
Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
DoEvents
frmcrystalreport.Show vbModal
If Not frmcrystalreport.ReportRS Is Nothing Then
frmcrystalreport.ReportRS.Close
Set frmcrystalreport.ReportRS = Nothing
End If
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub
I've tried playing around with the DoEvents function to see if that can help but haven't had much luck with it. Everything works fine after that initial failed attempt at running the report. As long as I don't exit the program, it will print out a report with the valid data once I get passed that blank report. Thanks for any help you guys can give me.
Hmmm, it has been a while since I used VB6 and CR but I sort of remember that your need to discard the saved data before setting the viewers report source
Report.DiscardSavedData
CRViewer1.ReportSource = Report
Just figured out the problem after stumbling upon something in Crystal Reports. I had to turn off the save data with report feature in the report file under the File menu.
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Insert and resize a picture in an access report
Solution by Ms Isabel Smit aborts at first line of code.
My Report textbox [P1] populated by query has links to *.jpg files.
But code, Me.Image46.Picture = Me.P1.Value does not work. Get error msg Run-time error '94': Invalid use of Null.
Neither does Me!Image46.Picture = Me![P1] Run-time error '13': Type mismatch
Neither does Me!Image46.Picture = Me![P1].Value
Works if Me!Image46.Picture = hard coded filename but it defeats objective of each record to link to different filename.
Thank you
Updated Solution with validation:
I built your form and tested it. The only time I got it to fail was when the path to the image was invalid. Please try this:
Dim strFilename As String
strFilename = Me![P1].Value
If Len(Dir(strFilename)) > 0 Then
Me![Image7].Picture = strFilename
Me![Image7].Height = 9666 * Me![Image7].ImageHeight / Me![Image7].ImageWidth
Me![Image7].Width = 9666
Else
MsgBox "Image not found"
End If
I've got a simple program than scans data into a spreadsheet along with a timestamp, then you can either update the data by saving, or quit and exit and save.
The only issue I've been stuck on for a day or so is to work around the error handling of the case of the spreadsheet being already open. Id like to have something like this;
if file is open THEn msgbox("File is open, close file and start again")
WScript.Quit
Option Explicit
DIM oFs: Set oFs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
DIM objExcel, strExcelPath, objSheet
DIM ib
DIM msg1
DIM msg2
strExcelPath = "c:\temp\Example.xls"
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.WorkBooks.Open strExcelPath
Set objSheet = objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
DO
ib=inputbox("SCAN NAME, SCAN LOTS"&vbCrLf&"TO UPDATE,SCAN ""UPDATE."""&vbCrLf&"TO EXIT, SCAN ""QUIT.""","Picklot Passout Database")
IF ib="" THEN
msg1=MsgBox("You must scan either a NAME or LOT NUMBER."&vbCrLf&"If you want to exit, scan QUIT."&vbCrLf&"Click OK to continue.",vbokonly,"Cannot Insert Blank Data")
ELSEIF ib= "QUIT" OR ib= "quit" THEN
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
objExcel.Application.Quit
set objExcel = Nothing
Set oFs = Nothing
ELSEIF ib="update" OR ib="UPDATE" THEN
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
msg2=MsgBox("Update Complete.",vbokonly,"Database Updated")
ELSE
objSheet.Range("A2").EntireRow.Insert
objSheet.Cells(2, 1).Value = ib
objSheet.Cells(2, 2).Value=(now)
END IF
LOOP WHILE NOT ib="quit" AND NOT ib="QUIT"
This may help point you in the right direction. Sorry for the rushed, lowercase syntax and unconventional indentations (do not follow my bad practice - keep yours! :D), I wrote it in notepad you see - but it has been tested successfully.
Anyhow, with reference to your code, I have restructured it in a bad manner, familiar to me, adding the functionality you specify. Essentially the task manager application list is checked for a running instance of the "example" Excel file (depending on what version of excel you're using the syntax will differ).
If found it will make it the active window (thereby preventing a read only duplicate instance initiating). If no instance is found it will open "example.xlsx", in this case using a relative path to the script itself. A subroutine is then called to do the business with the cells...
I have written it in such a way to try keep your specs as well as maintain the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons explicitly functional. Please feel free to tinker with this, you may need to address the path and instr lines differently. I hope it helps! All the best.
path=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject").getparentfoldername(wscript.scriptfullname)
excelpath=path&"\example.xlsx"
set objword=createobject("word.application")
set coltasks=objword.tasks
i=0
for each objtask in coltasks
name=lcase(objtask.name)
if instr(name, "microsoft excel - example") then
i=1
end if
next
if i=1 then
wscript.echo "An active instance of ""example.xlsx"" has been found"
set objexcel=getobject(excelpath)
call UPDATER
else
set objexcel=createobject("excel.application")
objexcel.workbooks.open(excelpath)
set objsheet=objexcel.activeworkbook.worksheets(1)
objexcel.visible=true
call UPDATER
end if
sub UPDATER
do
data=inputbox("Please enter data" &vbcrlf&vbcrlf& "To save data & continue, type ""update""" &vbcrlf& "To save data & exit, type ""quit""","Excel DB Updater")
if isempty(data) then
objexcel.activeworkbook.close
objexcel.application.quit
wscript.quit()
elseif lcase(data)="quit" then
objexcel.activeworkbook.save
objexcel.activeworkbook.close
objexcel.application.quit
quit=msgbox("DB Updating complete",vbokonly,"Excel DB Updater")
wscript.quit
elseif lcase(data)="update" then
objexcel.activeworkbook.save
update=msgbox("Data save complete, press OK to continue",vbokonly,"Excel DB Updater")
elseif len(data)<>0 then
objsheet.range("A1").entirerow.insert
objsheet.cells(1, 1).value=data
objsheet.cells(1, 2).value=(now)
add=msgbox("Data added, press OK to continue",vbokonly,"Excel DB Updater")
end if
loop while len(data)>=0 and not lcase(data)="quit"
end sub
Good day sirs. I'm trying to retrieve a photo from my access database then load it in a PictureBox but I have this kind of problem which I can't resolve.
I have seen questions similar to mine but I can't understand the solutions given by others as I'm just a newbie. Will someone please help me correct my codes for retrieving image file from access database. Thanks
I'm using access database and Visual Basic 2010.
Here's the code:
Dim arrImage() As Byte
Dim myMS As New IO.MemoryStream
Dim da As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT *
FROM tblEmp
WHERE EmployeeID= '"
& Me.txtID.Text
& "'", con)
Dim dt As New DataTable
da.Fill(dt)
If dt.Rows.Count > 0 Then
If Not IsDBNull(dt.Rows(0).Item("Picture")) Then
arrImage = dt.Rows(0).Item("Picture")
For Each ar As Byte In arrImage
myMS.WriteByte(ar)
Next
'
inFrm.PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromStream(myMS)
End If
End If
I'm getting a "Parameter is not valid" error from the line
inFrm.PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromStream(myMS)
try replacing the line of code with this
inFrm.PictureBox1.PictureData = myMS.Read
I have a weird problem with QTP 11. The following piece of code worked so far, but suddenly stopped working and throws Object does not support this property or method.: 'objPage.Link' for the line with 'if link exist'
Set objBrowser = Browser("creationtime:=" & Desktop.ChildObjects(oDesc).Count - 1 & "")
Set objPage = objBrowser.Page("title:=.*")
If objPage.Link("class:=menu_link_tab_.*", "html id:=.*DesktopTab").Exist(3) Then
msgbox "ok"
End If
Can anyone tell me what is wrong and/or how to do it right?
EDIT: I solved this but still have no idea what happened. I just cut this part from QTP script and pasted it into Notepad and then copied it from Notepad to QTP. Everything works fine. I did not change anything... Any ideas what the hell happened are welcomed.
ANOTHER EDIT: The problem reappears randomly. With no changes to anything I can just run the test 10 times to have it fail randomly with the 'Object does not support this property or method' message
I have a startBrowser function where I set the objPage and objBrowser :
Function startBrowser(vURL)
Dim oDesc
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Visible = True
IE.Navigate vURL
Window("hwnd:=" & IE.HWND).Maximize
Set oDesc = Description.Create
oDesc( "micclass" ).Value = "Browser"
If Desktop.ChildObjects(oDesc).Count > 0 Then
Set objBrowser = Browser("creationtime:=" & Desktop.ChildObjects(oDesc).Count - 1 & "")
End If
Set objPage = objBrowser.Page("title:=.*")
End Function
I have added lots of msgboxes with GetROProperty to verify whether the objects are ok. They seem to be.
Now my function to click the link looks like this :
Function clickMainMenuLink(vIdentifier)
Set objLink = objPage.Link("class:=menu_link_tab_.*", "html id:=.*" & vIdentifier, "index:=0")
If objLink.Exist(timeOut) Then
objLink.Click
Else
reporter.ReportEvent micFail, "Click the " & vIdentifier & " menu link", "Cannot find the " & vIdentifier & " menu link"
ExitTestIteration
End If
End Function
So at the moment my test just opens the browser and clicks a link as I try to debug the thing, but it still fails or passes randomly. The run error indicates line with 'Set objLink'. Any ideas for further debugging? I'm on QTP11 and IE8 if it matters.
From your error does not support this property or method: objPage.Link it would appear that the problem isn't with the .Exist part of line but the .Link part (you can verify this by separating the line into two lines and see which fails
set objLink = objPage.Link("class:=menu_link_tab_.*", "html id:=.*DesktopTab")
If objLink.Exist(3) Then
From your comment it seems that you're creating objPage in a different location from where you're using it, I suggest making sure that the object arrives OK.
Thanks Motti, your reasoning was right. The problem was with the objPage part. Despite the fact that I could read every property of objPage in a function QTP sometimes just did not see this objPage as a Page object. I guess it has something to do with not declaring type explicitly, but that's just a guess. As a dirty workaround I set up the objBrowser and objPage in every function now and it works 100%.
Greetings for the day,
Hi, I am a beginner using vb 6.0. I am using the following code and getting 'user defined type not defined'.the code is below.the line where i get error is highlighted.Kindly help.should i add some references or components?if so,what it would be. your timely and kindly help will be much more helpful for me
Public Sub LoadDocument()
Dim xDoc As MSXML2.DOMDocument
Set xDoc = New MSXML2.DOMDocument
xDoc.async = False
xDoc.validateOnParse = False
If xDoc.Load("C:\Users\284582\Desktop\XML1.xml") Then
DisplayNode xDoc.ChildNodes, 0
End If
End Sub
' Error on this line'
Public Sub DisplayNode(ByRef Nodes As MSXML.IXMLDOMNodeList, _
ByVal Indent As Integer)
Dim xNode As MSXML.IXMLDOMNode
Indent = Indent + 2
For Each xNode In Nodes
If xNode.NodeType = NODE_TEXT Then
Debug.Print Space$(Indent) & xNode.ParentNode.nodeName & _
":" & xNode.NodeValue
End If
If xNode.HasChildNodes Then
DisplayNode xNode.ChildNodes, Indent
End If
Next xNode
End sub
It's MSXML2.IXMLDOMNodeList, not MSXML.IXMLDOMNodeList.
The library may be missing from your references. Try this.
Manually adding MSXML2
1. Open MS Access.
2. Database Tools ribbon
3. Visual Basic ribbon item (icon)
4. Double-click on any module to open it.
5. Tools menu
6. References…
7. Find Microsoft XML, v6.0. is in the list
a. If in list but not checked, check it and click [OK].
b. If not in the list:
i. click [Browse…] and add "c:\windows\system32\msxml6.dll"
8. [OK] your way back to the Visual Basic window.
9. Close the Visual Basic Window. You should be good to go.
Programmatically adding MSXML2
Add the following sub and function. Run the sub. Edit the sub to include a path if necessary.
Check for broken references in the library
Adapted from Add references programatically
Sub CheckXmlLibrary()
' This refers to your VBA project.
Dim chkRef As Reference, RetVal As Integer ' A reference.
Dim foundWord As Boolean, foundExcel As Boolean, foundXml As Boolean
foundWord = False
foundExcel = False
foundXml = False
' Check through the selected references in the References dialog box.
For Each chkRef In References
' If the reference is broken, send the name to the Immediate Window.
If chkRef.IsBroken Then
Debug.Print chkRef.Name
End If
'copy and repeat the next 2 if statements as needed for additional libraries.
If InStr(UCase(chkRef.FullPath), UCase("msxml6.dll")) <> 0 Then
foundXml = True
End If
Next
If (foundXml = False) Then
'References.AddFromFile ("C:\Windows\System32\msxml6.dll") <-- For other than XML, modify this line and comment out line below.
RetVal = AddMsXmlLibrary
If RetVal = 0 Then MsgBox "Failed to load XML Library (msxml6.dll). XML upload/download will not work."
End If
End Sub
Add XML reference to the library
Developed by Chris Advena. Thanks to http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html for the insight.
Public Function AddMsXmlLibrary(Optional PathFileExtStr As String = "C:\Windows\System32\msxml6.dll") As Integer
On Error GoTo FoundError
AddMsXmlLibrary = 1
References.AddFromFile (PathFileExtStr)
AllDone:
Exit Function
FoundError:
On Error Resume Next
AddMsXmlLibrary = 0
On Error GoTo 0
End Function