Question

HI I am running a MS Access (2010) macro from Python 2.6.5. It’s running the macro successfully, but the accdb file is not closing all the way correctly. It shows a .laacdb file along with the .accdb file after my macro runs. I figured doing the CloseCurrentDatabase and Quit statements would do this but they are not. The .laacdb file goes away after I restart computer. Thank you.

from win32com.client import Dispatch
strDbName = "C:\\converter\\MainConverter.accdb"
objAccess = Dispatch("Access.Application")
objAccess.Visible = False
objAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase(strDbName)
objDB = objAccess.CurrentDb()
objAccess.DoCmd.RunMacro('Export_to_PDF')
objAccess.Application.CloseCurrentDatabase()
objAccess.Application.Quit

Answer 1

In VBA we routinely set object variables to Nothing to dispose of them. In Python, try explicitly deleting your objAccess variable.

del objAccess

Sorry, my Python is rusty from disuse, so maybe I got the syntax wrong. But something like that may help.

Also, I can’t recall whether you need a pair of parentheses after the .Quit method. Try it like this just in case:

objAccess.Application.Quit()

In case objDB is still holding a reference to the Access application/db, delete it too.

del objDB

However, if you’re not actually using it elsewhere in your real code, just eliminate objDB altogether.