Preserving linked tables for Access DBs in same folder when the folder changes

Question

I\'ve got two Access databases that share linked tables. They are deployed together in a directory and accessed via code in a Word form.

How can I make sure that the

Answer 1

I am unfortunately still on Access 2007. I started with one of the code blocks above which was not working for me. Having less access vba power I simplified it to only the first loop which gets the table paths and updates it in place. The next guy running into this can comment or update.

Option Compare Database

'------------------------------------------------------------'
' Reconnect all linked tables using the given path.          '
' This only needs to be done once after the physical backend '
' has been moved to another location to correctly link to    '
' the moved tables again.                                    '
' If the OnlyForTablesMatching parameter is given, then      '
' each table name is tested against the LIKE operator for a  '
' possible match to this parameter.                          '
' Only matching tables would be changed.                     '
' For instance:                                              '
' RefreshLinksToPath(CurrentProject.Path, "local*")          '
' Would force all tables whose ane starts with 'local' to be '
' relinked to the current application directory.             '
'
' Immediate window type
' RefreshLinksToPath Application.CurrentProject.Path

'------------------------------------------------------------'
Public Function RefreshLinksToPath(strNewPath As String, _
    Optional OnlyForTablesMatching As String = "*") As Boolean

    Dim strDBPath As String
    'Dim strTbl As String
    'Dim strMsg As String
    Dim strDBName As String
    Dim dbCurr As DAO.Database
    Dim dbLink As DAO.Database
    Dim tdf As TableDef

    Set dbCurr = CurrentDb
    Dim strConn As String
    Dim strNewDbConn1 As String
    Dim strNewDbConn2 As String
    Dim strNewDbConn  As String

    '  On Local Error GoTo fRefreshLinks_Err

    'First get all linked tables in a collection'
    dbCurr.TableDefs.Refresh
    For Each tdf In dbCurr.TableDefs
        With tdf
            If ((.Attributes And TableDefAttributeEnum.dbAttachedTable) = TableDefAttributeEnum.dbAttachedTable) _
               And (.Name Like OnlyForTablesMatching) Then

                strConn = tdf.Connect
                strDBPath = Right(strConn, Len(strConn) - (InStr(1, strConn, "DATABASE=") + 8))
                strDBName = Right(strDBPath, Len(strDBPath) - InStrRev(strDBPath, "\"))
                Debug.Print ("===========================")
                Debug.Print (" connect is " + strConn)
                Debug.Print (" DB PAth is " + strDBPath)
                Debug.Print (" DB Name is " + strDBName)

                strDBNewPath = strNewPath & "\" & strDBName
                Debug.Print (" DB NewPath is " + strDBNewPath)

                strNewDbConn1 = Left(strConn, (InStr(1, strConn, "DATABASE=") - 1))
                strNewDbConn2 = "DATABASE=" & strDBNewPath
                strNewDbConn = strNewDbConn1 & strNewDbConn2
                Debug.Print (" DB strNewDbConn is " + strNewDbConn)

                'Change the connect path
                tdf.Connect = strNewDbConn
                tdf.RefreshLink
            End If
        End With
    Next
End Function