I have written (also somewhat leveraged) this code to pull info from an excel 2007 file. I step through the code and it works fine. I create an executable and it works fine. But if I open another instance of the executable, either on my computer or somebody elses, I get this error.

run-time error '-2xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
ODBC excel driver] could not use '(unknown)'; file already in use.

Public rst As ADODB.Recordset
Public cnn As ADODB.Connection

Private Sub cmdQuit_Click()

    Set rst = Nothing
    cnn.Close
    Set cnn = Nothing
    Unload Me

End Sub

Private Sub cmdRS_Click()

    Dim sConn As String, sSQL As String
    Dim sPath As String, sDB As String
     
    If Len(Me.txtAssyNum) <> 0 Then
        AssyNum = frmMain.txtAssyNum
    Else
        MsgBox "Please enter an Assembly Number"
        frmMain.Hide
        Exit Sub
    End If

    sPath = "\\namp-dsk-002\Eng\Common Area\Ernest H"
    sDB = "BH RI defects 04_11_12.xlsx"
    
    Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection
    
    sConn = "Provider=MSDASQL.1;"
    sConn = sConn & "Persist Security Info=False;"
    sConn = sConn & "Extended Properties=""DSN=Excel Files;"
    sConn = sConn & "ReadOnly=True;"
    sConn = sConn & "DBQ=" & sPath & "\" & sDB & ";"
    sConn = sConn & "DefaultDir=" & sPath & ";"
    sConn = sConn & "DriverId=790;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;"""
        
    cnn.Open sConn
    
    Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset

    sSQL = "SELECT TOP 15 QN, Defect, count(defect) as Num_of_Defects"
    sSQL = sSQL & " From [QN Raw Data$] "
    sSQL = sSQL & " WHERE board = " & Chr(39) & AssyNum & Chr(39)
    sSQL = sSQL & " group by qn, defect"
    sSQL = sSQL & " order by count(defect) desc, qn"
        
    rst.Open sSQL, cnn, adOpenStatic
        
    Set MyGrid.DataSource = rst
    
    MyGrid.Columns(0).Width = 2000
    MyGrid.Columns(1).Width = 2000
    MyGrid.Columns(2).Width = 2000
    
    MyGrid.ScrollBars = dbgAutomatic

End Sub

any help would be greatly appreciated..

Ernest

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Unless you have it specified elsewhere (code not included), you do not have anything associated with "Public cnn As ADODB.Connection".  When clicking cmdQuit, you are closing a connection that hasn't been opened.

Also, does your code open the spreadsheet (or is the spreadsheet already opened)?  If so, you will have to make sure the file is closed and nothing is referencing that spreadsheet before opening another instance of it.  Sometimes VB code will lock the spreadsheet preventing any other usage of it.

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Sorry, I didn't look close enough.  I see cnn is used in cmdRS_click.

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there is a

set cnn.open sconn

my code doesn't open the actual excel file it just connect to it. I see what you are saying about the open file...my issue is, and maybe there is a cleaner way of doing it, I connect, set the recordset, run the SQL, load the recordset and then use it in the Grid. If I close the recordset the data is gone and I get nothing in the recordset...does that make sense.

Ernest

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I would try:

Have fun.

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Andy - I did try that technique earlier and as soon as you close the recordset the data goes away....when I do the Set my.grid.datasource = rst, the grid is loaded and looks just like I want, but, again, as soon as you close the rst the data goes away, it's like I need the datagrid to be persistent...

Ernest

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I think your problem may be with your connection string.  Apparently, you are using the MSDASQL.1 provider.  Instead, I would suggest that you use the ACE provider.  Take a look at this article that describes connection strings for Excel.

http://www.connectionstrings.com/excel-2007

The article doesn't mention the ReadOnly attribute, but I would suggest you add that to the extended properties section anyway.

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George - I attempted the connection string for .xlsx and ACE but I get some errors...I commented out the Readonly string. If I don't comment out the Extended properties string I get and invalid argument error.

    sConn = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;"
    'sConn = sConn & "Persist Security Info=False;"
    'sConn = sConn & "Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0 Xml;"
    'sConn = sConn & "ReadOnly=True;"
    sConn = sConn & "DBQ=" & sPath & "\" & sDB & ";"
    sConn = sConn & "DefaultDir=" & sPath & ";"
    sConn = sConn & "DriverId=790;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;"""

with this connection string I get an ISAM error....I did notice that the link you put in might be for .NET stuff and I don't know subtle difference between the two...Also, I beleive there is a different DriverId for 2007. Does anybody know what that is?

Thanks
Ernest

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According to SkipVought's post in the VBA thread, the 2007 driver should be DriverId=1046

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Try this:

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Bluejay = thanks for that number - I was pretty sure it was from Skip but I couldn't find it.

George - I got that connection string to work - a few quotes here and there....But when I walk through the code nothing shows up in the datagrid....but in the locals windows I look at the rst object and there is data in there....so that is weird...also I created the exe with your connection string and tried to run 2 seperate instances and I get the same error...well, it looks different because it's coming from ACE vs MSDASQL, but basically it says the file is locked...

Ernest
 

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try changing this:

rst.Open sSQL, cnn, adOpenStatic

to

rst.Open sSQL, cnn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly

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George - another good idea but "no Joy"...in looking at the locals window in the rst object, even though that object was not set, that is default....I really appreciate all the ideas, keep it going...what gets me is probably not the 1st person to do this...it should be this hard...thanks again...

Ernest

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You just need to detach the recordset

set rst.ActiveConnection = Nothing

And then  you can close the connection

cnn.close

So Andrzejek's solution becomes

strongm - that's the ticket. works great - thank you very much and have a star on me....

George - even though you didn't have the solution that worked for me I really appreciate you out there trying to find something - so you have a star on me also...

thanks TT

Ernest

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Read-Only Status (Excel Driver) describes why this occurs.

dilettante - I guess I knew that to a degree and real problem was keeping the data in the recordset persistant...maybe that should have been the OP subject...thanks for the link though...


Ernest

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