I have a very complex process that involves downloading a number of files from different shares, concatenating those files into working tables, manipulating and calculating related information, and then exporting specific fields (and calculations) as reports into a number of Excel workbooks.
I have this process coded so that I can click one button and the entire process will execute end to end. I have a series of text boxes that function as ‘indicators’ (red – this part failed, green – this part succeeded). As you can imagine, the code for the entire process is HUGE (32 pages when copied into MSWord) and difficult to weed through when I have a problem.
I got it into my mind that I wanted to put the code into a table so that it was much more modular and easier to deal with. I have setup a combo box with the action that I want to take and a second combo box with the report/file/object that I want to work with (ie Delete – Table 2, Acquire – File 1, Export – Report 4). I have been successful at creating the SQL statement to do simple things like del * from tbl_test and execute that from the combo boxes without any issue.
What I need to know is if there is a way to put what is essentially a code snippet into the table (memo field) and then have that vba code execute when I select the matching combos.
IE the code for ‘Acquire – File1’ is completely VBA code; it maps a network drive, locates the file, downloads the file, and moves it to a directory.
IE the code for ‘Scrub – tblMain_Part1’ is a combination of vba and sql code; it checks for the existence of a file (vba), if it finds it, it deletes a portion of the main table (sql) and appends the contents of the file it finds (sql), then it updates the monitor to indicate that it is completed (vba). If the file is not found, it changes the monitor box to red and updates a command button caption (vba)
I am NOT a genius with vba, but I hold my own. The thought process I had was that if I can essentially get the code broken into managable chunks in the table, I could call the code smippets in order if I want to run the entire process, or I could just re-execute portions of the code as needed by selecting the action and report/file/object combination.
Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated.
I think it would be best to split the code into Subs. The table you loop through would have a Sub-Name field and a blnSuccess field. Your code would loop though the table running each sub and then updating blnSuccess based on any errors you receive. This would give you queryable result set when you try to see what happened.