You'll need to use Excel Automation from Access. It's not trivial, but the demo
database and article posted at DBJ might help.
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/msaccess/article.php/3563671
This example shows only a little formatting, setting the NumberFormat and
WrapText properties. There are many others, like cell backcolor, forecolor
and gridlines, that you would set from within this code. I posted it below for
convenience sake, but you really should get the download and read the article.
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Danny J. Lesandrini
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http://amazecreations.com/datafast
Public Function ExportRequest() As String
On Error GoTo err_Handler
' Excel object variables
Dim appExcel As Excel.Application
Dim wbk As Excel.Workbook
Dim wks As Excel.Worksheet
Dim sTemplate As String
Dim sTempFile As String
Dim sOutput As String
Dim dbs As DAO.Database
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Dim sSQL As String
Dim lRecords As Long
Dim iRow As Integer
Dim iCol As Integer
Dim iFld As Integer
Const cTabTwo As Byte = 2
Const cStartRow As Byte = 4
Const cStartColumn As Byte = 3
DoCmd.Hourglass True
' set to break on all errors
Application.SetOption "Error Trapping", 0
' start with a clean file built from the template file
sTemplate = CurrentProject.Path & "\SalesTemplate.xls"
sOutput = CurrentProject.Path & "\SalesOutput.xls"
If Dir(sOutput) <> "" Then Kill sOutput
FileCopy sTemplate, sOutput
' Create the Excel Applicaiton, Workbook and Worksheet and Database object
Set appExcel = Excel.Application
Set wbk = appExcel.Workbooks.Open(sOutput)
Set wks = appExcel.Worksheets(cTabTwo)
sSQL = "select * from qrySales"
Set dbs = CurrentDb
Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset(sSQL, dbOpenSnapshot)
' For this template, the data must be placed on the 4th row, third column.
' (these values are set to constants for easy future modifications)
iCol = cStartColumn
iRow = cStartRow
If Not rst.BOF Then rst.MoveFirst
Do Until rst.EOF
iFld = 0
lRecords = lRecords + 1
Me.lblMsg.Caption = "Exporting record #" & lRecords & " to SalesOutput.xls"
Me.Repaint
For iCol = cStartColumn To cStartColumn + (rst.Fields.Count - 1)
wks.Cells(iRow, iCol) = rst.Fields(iFld)
If InStr(1, rst.Fields(iFld).Name, "Date") > 0 Then
wks.Cells(iRow, iCol).NumberFormat = "mm/dd/yyyy"
End If
wks.Cells(iRow, iCol).WrapText = False
iFld = iFld + 1
Next
wks.Rows(iRow).EntireRow.AutoFit
iRow = iRow + 1
rst.MoveNext
Loop
ExportRequest = "Total of " & lRecords & " rows processed."
Me.lblMsg.Caption = "Total of " & lRecords & " rows processed."
exit_Here:
' Cleanup all objects (resume next on errors)
On Error Resume Next
Set wks = Nothing
Set wbk = Nothing
Set appExcel = Nothing
Set rst = Nothing
Set dbs = Nothing
DoCmd.Hourglass False
Exit Function
err_Handler:
ExportRequest = Err.Description
Me.lblMsg.Caption = Err.Description
Resume exit_Here
End Function
