Reference.IsBroken Property

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Access Developer Reference

The IsBroken property returns a Boolean value indicating whether a Reference object points to a valid reference in the Windows Registry. Read-only Boolean.

Syntax

expression.IsBroken

expression   A variable that represents a Reference object.

Remarks

The default value of the IsBroken property is False. The IsBroken property returns True only if the Reference object no longer points to a valid reference in the Registry.

By evaluating the IsBroken property, you can determine whether or not the file associated with a particular Reference object has been moved to a different directory or deleted.

If the IsBroken property is True, Microsoft Access generates an error when you try to read the Name or FullPath properties.

Example

The following example prints the value of the FullPath, GUID, IsBroken, Major, and Minor properties for each Reference object in the References collection:

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ReferenceProperties()
    Dim ref As Reference

' Enumerate through References collection.
For Each ref In References
    ' Check IsBroken property.
    If ref.<strong class="bterm">IsBroken</strong> = False Then
        Debug.Print "Name: ", ref.Name
        Debug.Print "FullPath: ", ref.FullPath
        Debug.Print "Version: ", ref.Major &amp; "." &amp; ref.Minor
    Else
        Debug.Print "GUIDs of broken references:"
        Debug.Print ref.GUID
    EndIf
Next ref



End Sub