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OpenStoredProcedure macro action

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Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

In an Access project, you can use the OpenStoredProcedure action to open a stored procedure in Datasheet view, stored procedure Design view, or Print Preview. This action runs the named stored procedure when opened in Datasheet view. You can select the data entry mode for the stored procedure and restrict the records that the stored procedure displays.

Note

This action will not be allowed if the database is not trusted.

Setting

The OpenStoredProcedure action has the following arguments.

Action argument

Description

Procedure Name

The name of the stored procedure to open. The Procedure Name box box in the Action Arguments section of the Macro Builder pane shows all stored procedures in the current database. This is a required argument. If you run a macro containing the OpenStoredProcedure action in a library database, Microsoft Access first looks for the stored procedure with this name first in the library database, and then in the current database.

View

The view in which the stored procedure will open. Click Datasheet, Design, Print Preview, PivotTable, or PivotChart in the View box. The default is Datasheet.

Data Mode

The data entry mode for the stored procedure. This applies only to stored procedures opened in Datasheet view. Click Add (the user can add new records but can't view or edit existing records), Edit (the user can view or edit existing records and add new records), or Read Only (the user can only view records). The default is Edit.

Remarks

This action is similar to double-clicking the stored procedure in the Navigation Pane, or right-clicking the stored procedure in the Navigation Pane and selecting the command you want.

Switching to Design view while the stored procedure is open removes the Data Mode argument setting for the stored procedure. This setting is not in effect, even if the user returns to Datasheet view.

Tip

  • You can drag a stored procedure from the Navigation Pane to a macro action row. This automatically creates an OpenStoredProcedure action that opens the stored procedure in Datasheet view.
  • If you do not want to display the system messages that normally appear when a stored procedure is run (indicating it is a stored procedure and showing how many records will be affected), you can use the SetWarning action to suppress the display of these messages.

To run the OpenStoredProcedure action in a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) module, use the OpenStoredProcedure method of the DoCmd object.