Of course you can do a C&R with VBA. You can just check the box that says 'Compact on Close' under 'Current Database'.
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
' Declare an enumeration of long integer
' constants, to be used as the return values
' for the RepairDatabase() function.
' As Access's CompactRepair() method returns
' TRUE or FALSE, the Enum uses -1 (TRUE) for
' success and 0 for failure.
Public Enum ryCompactResult
cmpCompactSuccessful = -1
cmpCompactFailed = 0
cmpErrorOccurred = 1
cmpSourceFileDoesNotExist = 2
cmpInvalidSourceFileNameExtension = 3
cmpDestinationFileExists = 4
End Enum
Private Sub TestRepair()
Dim strSource As String
Dim strDestination As String
Dim lngRetVal As ryCompactResult
strSource = "C:\MyFolder\db1.mdb"
strDestination = "C:\MyFolder\db2.mdb"
' Call the function:
lngRetVal = RepairDatabase(strSource, strDestination)
' Examine the return value from the function
' and display appropriate message:
Select Case lngRetVal
Case cmpCompactSuccessful
MsgBox "Compact & repair successful.", _
vbOKOnly + vbInformation, _
"Program Information"
Case cmpSourceFileDoesNotExist
MsgBox strSource & vbNewLine & vbNewLine _
& "The above file does not exist.", _
vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, _
"Program Finished"
Case cmpInvalidSourceFileNameExtension
MsgBox strSource & vbNewLine & vbNewLine _
& "The above file has an invalid filename " _
& "extension.", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, _
"Program Finished"
Case cmpDestinationFileExists
MsgBox strDestination & vbNewLine & vbNewLine _
& "The above destination file exists. " _
& vbNewLine _
& "Please delete the above file or " _
& "use a different destination filename.", _
vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Program Finished"
Case cmpErrorOccurred
' The RepairDatabase() function has
' already displayed an error message.
End Select
End Sub
Function RepairDatabase( _
strSource As String, _
strDestination As String) As ryCompactResult
' IN:
'
' strSource:
' The full path to the database that is
' to be compacted.
'
' strDestination:
' The full path to the resultant database
' after strSource has been compacted.
'
' OUT:
'
' This function returns one of the values in
' the ryCompactResult Enum.
Dim lngRetVal As ryCompactResult
Dim strFileName As String
Dim strFileNameExtn As String
Dim lngPos As Long
On Error GoTo Error_RepairDatabase
' See if source file exists:
strFileName = Dir(strSource)
If Len(strFileName) = 0 Then
lngRetVal = cmpSourceFileDoesNotExist
GoTo Exit_RepairDatabase
End If
' See if source filename has appropriate
' filename extension (mdb or accdb).
' First, see if filename contains a period:
lngPos = InStr(strFileName, ".")
If lngPos = 0 Then
' Period not found in filename;
' i.e. no filename extension found.
lngRetVal = cmpInvalidSourceFileNameExtension
GoTo Exit_RepairDatabase
Else
' Get filename extension:
strFileNameExtn = Mid(strFileName, lngPos + 1)
strFileNameExtn = LCase(strFileNameExtn)
Select Case strFileNameExtn
Case "mdb", "accdb"
' Correct filename extension found.
' We can proceed with compact & repair.
Case Else
' Invalid filename extension found.
lngRetVal = cmpInvalidSourceFileNameExtension
GoTo Exit_RepairDatabase
End Select
End If
' Destination file must not exist:
strFileName = Dir(strDestination)
If Len(strFileName) > 0 Then
lngRetVal = cmpDestinationFileExists
GoTo Exit_RepairDatabase
End If
' Compact and repair database:
lngRetVal = Application.CompactRepair( _
strSource, strDestination, True)
Exit_RepairDatabase:
RepairDatabase = lngRetVal
Exit Function
Error_RepairDatabase:
lngRetVal = cmpErrorOccurred
MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number _
& vbNewLine & vbNewLine _
& Err.Description, _
vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, _
"Error Information"
Resume Exit_RepairDatabase
End Function
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