Currently I have a table where the 'ID' field is automatically generated through a combination of multiple other fields. Example : ID = '2017_FileName_Chancellor' Now I've been trying to figure out a way for me to rename this attachment to that ID (by possibly pressing a button in the form)without manually copy pasting the ID and renaming the attached file as that would be tedious when doing it for thousands of records. Is there anyway for me to do this? I have no knowledge in VBA so I could not tamper with that.
Providing a picture of my table might help https://i.sstatic.net/1GE0L.png
To Change the Name of the Attachment in Access:
Private Sub Command15_Click()
Dim NewName As String
Dim NewNameWithExt As String
NewName = Me.TestID.Value
NewNameWithExt = NewName & ".txt"
DoCmd.RunSQL ("UPDATE TestTable SET TestAttachment.FileName = '" &
NewNameWithExt & "' WHERE TestID = " & NewName)
End Sub
To Change the Name of the File on the Desktop:
Private Sub Command0_Click()
Dim NewName As String
Dim OldName As String
Dim rs As Object
Dim strSQL As String
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
strSQL = "SELECT TestAttachment.FileName FROM TestTable WHERE TestID = 1"
rs.Open strSQL, CurrentProject.Connection, 1, 3
Do Until rs.EOF
OldName = rs.Fields(0)
NewName = CurrentDb.TableDefs("TestTable").Fields(0).Name
Name "C:\Users\TestUser\desktop\" & OldName As
"C:\Users\TestUser\desktop\" & NewName & ".TXT"
rs.MoveNext
Loop
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
End Sub