Object Model Changes Since Microsoft Office 97

Article
06/14/2014

Access Developer Reference

The following is a summary of the changes in the Microsoft Office Access 2007 object model as compared to Microsoft Office 97.

AcCommand

Constants	Status
acCmdImport	Hidden
acCmdPublish	Removed
acCmdSaveAsASP	Hidden
acCmdSaveAsIDC	Hidden
acCmdShowOnlyWebToolbar	Hidden
acCmdStopLoadingPage	Hidden

AcSpreadSheetType

Constants	Status
acSpreadsheetTypeExcel97	Hidden

Application

Properties	Status
CurrentObjectType	Changed READ-ONLY CurrentObjectType [INT32] READ-ONLY CurrentObjectType [ACOBJECTTYPE]
DoCmd	Changed READ-ONLY DoCmd [IDOCMD] READ-ONLY DoCmd [DOCMD]

Methods	Status
CreateControl	Changed CONTROL CreateControl (STRING FormName, ACCONTROLTYPE ControlType, OPTIONAL ACSECTION Section = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT Parent, OPTIONAL VARIANT ColumnName, OPTIONAL VARIANT Left, OPTIONAL VARIANT Top, OPTIONAL VARIANT Width, OPTIONAL VARIANT Height) _CONTROL CreateControl (STRING FormName, ACCONTROLTYPE ControlType, OPTIONAL ACSECTION Section = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT Parent, OPTIONAL VARIANT ColumnName, OPTIONAL VARIANT Left, OPTIONAL VARIANT Top, OPTIONAL VARIANT Width, OPTIONAL VARIANT Height)
CreateReportControl	Changed CONTROL CreateReportControl (STRING ReportName, ACCONTROLTYPE ControlType, OPTIONAL ACSECTION Section = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT Parent, OPTIONAL VARIANT ColumnName, OPTIONAL VARIANT Left, OPTIONAL VARIANT Top, OPTIONAL VARIANT Width, OPTIONAL VARIANT Height) _CONTROL CreateReportControl (STRING ReportName, ACCONTROLTYPE ControlType, OPTIONAL ACSECTION Section = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT Parent, OPTIONAL VARIANT ColumnName, OPTIONAL VARIANT Left, OPTIONAL VARIANT Top, OPTIONAL VARIANT Width, OPTIONAL VARIANT Height)
NewCurrentDatabase	Changed VOID NewCurrentDatabase (STRING filepath) VOID NewCurrentDatabase (STRING filepath, OPTIONAL ACNEWDATABASEFORMAT FileFormat = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT Template, OPTIONAL STRING SiteAddress = "", OPTIONAL STRING ListID = "")
OpenCurrentDatabase	Changed VOID OpenCurrentDatabase (STRING filepath, OPTIONAL BOOL Exclusive = 0) VOID OpenCurrentDatabase (STRING filepath, OPTIONAL BOOL Exclusive = 0, OPTIONAL STRING bstrPassword = "")

BoundObjectFrame

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

CheckBox

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

ComboBox

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

CommandButton

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden
Value	Removed

Constants

Constants	Status
acFormatASP	Hidden
acFormatIIS	Hidden
acToolbarNo	Removed
acToolbarWhereApprop	Removed
acToolbarYes	Removed

CustomControl

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden
OleData	Hidden

DoCmd

Methods	Status
ApplyFilter	Changed VOID ApplyFilter (OPTIONAL VARIANT FilterName, OPTIONAL VARIANT WhereCondition) VOID ApplyFilter (OPTIONAL VARIANT FilterName, OPTIONAL VARIANT WhereCondition, OPTIONAL VARIANT ControlName)
OpenReport	Changed VOID OpenReport (VARIANT ReportName, OPTIONAL ACVIEW View = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT FilterName, OPTIONAL VARIANT WhereCondition) VOID OpenReport (VARIANT ReportName, OPTIONAL ACVIEW View = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT FilterName, OPTIONAL VARIANT WhereCondition, OPTIONAL ACWINDOWMODE WindowMode = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT OpenArgs)
OutputTo	Changed VOID OutputTo (ACOUTPUTOBJECTTYPE ObjectType, OPTIONAL VARIANT ObjectName, OPTIONAL VARIANT OutputFormat, OPTIONAL VARIANT OutputFile, OPTIONAL VARIANT AutoStart, OPTIONAL VARIANT TemplateFile) VOID OutputTo (ACOUTPUTOBJECTTYPE ObjectType, OPTIONAL VARIANT ObjectName, OPTIONAL VARIANT OutputFormat, OPTIONAL VARIANT OutputFile, OPTIONAL VARIANT AutoStart, OPTIONAL VARIANT TemplateFile, OPTIONAL VARIANT Encoding, OPTIONAL ACEXPORTQUALITY OutputQuality = 0)
SelectObject	Changed VOID SelectObject (ACOBJECTTYPE ObjectType, OPTIONAL VARIANT ObjectName, OPTIONAL VARIANT InDatabaseWindow) VOID SelectObject (ACOBJECTTYPE ObjectType, OPTIONAL VARIANT ObjectName, OPTIONAL VARIANT InNavigationPane)
ShowToolbar	Changed VOID ShowToolbar (VARIANT ToolbarName, OPTIONAL VARIANT Show) VOID ShowToolbar (VARIANT ToolbarName, OPTIONAL ACSHOWTOOLBAR Show = 0)
TransferSpreadsheet	Changed VOID TransferSpreadsheet (OPTIONAL ACDATATRANSFERTYPE TransferType = 0, OPTIONAL ACSPREADSHEETTYPE SpreadsheetType = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT TableName, OPTIONAL VARIANT FileName, OPTIONAL VARIANT HasFieldNames, OPTIONAL VARIANT Range, OPTIONAL VARIANT UseOA) VOID TransferSpreadsheet (OPTIONAL ACDATATRANSFERTYPE TransferType = 0, OPTIONAL ACSPREADSHEETTYPE SpreadsheetType = 10, OPTIONAL VARIANT TableName, OPTIONAL VARIANT FileName, OPTIONAL VARIANT HasFieldNames, OPTIONAL VARIANT Range, OPTIONAL VARIANT UseOA)
TransferText	Changed VOID TransferText (OPTIONAL ACTEXTTRANSFERTYPE TransferType = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT SpecificationName, OPTIONAL VARIANT TableName, OPTIONAL VARIANT FileName, OPTIONAL VARIANT HasFieldNames, OPTIONAL VARIANT HTMLTableName) VOID TransferText (OPTIONAL ACTEXTTRANSFERTYPE TransferType = 0, OPTIONAL VARIANT SpecificationName, OPTIONAL VARIANT TableName, OPTIONAL VARIANT FileName, OPTIONAL VARIANT HasFieldNames, OPTIONAL VARIANT HTMLTableName, OPTIONAL VARIANT CodePage)

Form

Properties	Status
FormName	Hidden
RecordsetClone	Changed READ-ONLY RecordsetClone [RECORDSET] READ-ONLY RecordsetClone [OBJECT]
Section	Changed READ-ONLY Section [SECTION] (VARIANT var) READ-ONLY Section [_SECTION] (VARIANT Index)
WhatsThisButton	Hidden

GroupLevel

Events	Status
Format	Removed
Print	Removed
Retreat	Removed

Image

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden
Value	Removed

Label

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

Line

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

ListBox

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

Module

Properties	Status
ProcBodyLine	Changed READ-ONLY ProcBodyLine [INT32] (STRING ProcName, PROCKIND ProcKind) READ-ONLY ProcBodyLine [INT32] (STRING ProcName, VBEXT_PROCKIND ProcKind)
ProcCountLines	Changed READ-ONLY ProcCountLines [INT32] (STRING ProcName, PROCKIND ProcKind) READ-ONLY ProcCountLines [INT32] (STRING ProcName, VBEXT_PROCKIND ProcKind)
ProcOfLine	Changed READ-ONLY ProcOfLine [STRING] (INT32 Line, PROCKIND pprockind) READ-ONLY ProcOfLine [STRING] (INT32 Line, VBEXT_PROCKIND pprockind)
ProcStartLine	Changed READ-ONLY ProcStartLine [INT32] (STRING ProcName, PROCKIND ProcKind) READ-ONLY ProcStartLine [INT32] (STRING ProcName, VBEXT_PROCKIND ProcKind)

ObjectFrame

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden
OleData	Hidden
Value	Removed

OptionButton

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

OptionGroup

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

Page

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

PageBreak

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

Rectangle

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

Reference

Properties	Status
Kind	Changed READ-ONLY Kind [REFKIND] READ-ONLY Kind [VBEXT_REFKIND]

Report

Properties	Status
FormName	Hidden
Section	Changed READ-ONLY Section [SECTION] (VARIANT Index) READ-ONLY Section [_SECTION] (VARIANT Index)

SubForm

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

SubReport

Hidden

TabControl

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

TextBox

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden

ToggleButton

Properties	Status
ControlName	Hidden