Mega Code Archive
Creating a User Account
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Sub Create_User()
Dim cat As ADOX.Catalog
Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
Dim strDB As String
Dim strSysDb As String
Dim strName As String
On Error GoTo ErrorHandle
strDB = CurrentProject.Path & "\mydb.mdb"
strSysDb = CurrentProject.Path & "\mydb.mdw"
strName = "PowerUser"
Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
With conn
.Provider = "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
.Properties("Jet OLEDB:System Database") = strSysDb
.Properties("User ID") = "Developer"
.Properties("Password") = "mypass"
.Open strDB
End With
Set cat = New ADOX.Catalog
With cat
.ActiveConnection = conn
.Users.Append strName, "star"
End With
Debug.Print "Successfully created " & strName & " user account."
ExitHere:
Set cat = Nothing
conn.Close
Set conn = Nothing
Exit Sub
ErrorHandle:
If Err.Number = -2147467259 Then
MsgBox strName & " user already exists."
Else
MsgBox Err.Description
End If
Resume ExitHere
End Sub
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