Include Library Reference at RunTime

Stoney · December 21st, 2004, 02:10 PM

The easy way to include a library reference is to Alt-F11 to VBA, then click Tools>References, and then pick one.

But I'd like sometimes to use a reference to the Office 11.0 Library and sometimes not.

Is there a way to add that reference programmatically when the xls opens ?

Thanks, Stoney

gcianfanelli · December 22nd, 2004, 06:53 AM

I don't quite understand why you'd want to refernce/unreference the Office library from your VBA project, however the following are (untested) procedures to add and remove the references

Code:

Public Sub addRefToOffice()
  On Error Resume Next
  Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.References.AddFromFile "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\MSO11.DLL"
End Sub

Public Sub removeRefToOffice()
  Dim ref As Object
  On Error Resume Next
  Set ref = Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.References("Office")
  Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.References.Remove ref
End Sub

Hope that gets you started

Stoney · December 22nd, 2004, 12:48 PM

Thank you !! That's exactly what I needed.

Stoney · December 23rd, 2004, 12:37 PM

Here's what happened and why I think I need to do this: this Excel project was developed and is on-going in Excel 2003 & Windows XP. It just surfaced that some users are in Excel 2000 and Windows 2000 - and will not upgrade soon.

So my thought, in an effort to avoid maintaining two developemnt projects, was to determine if the user was one of those 2000 guys, then add the 2000 references and remove the 2003 references.

How does that sound?

amjad_mahmood · January 14th, 2005, 03:40 AM

This is giving me great knowledge.

Thank you very much

Amjad