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Import VB form to Access

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by bob sellman 1 view

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Is there a way to import forms developed in VB (6)to Access? There's an application which I'd like to rewrite in Access for a number of reasons, but there are two very complex, but well designed, forms written in VB that I need to use in an Access version of the application and definitely don't want to try to re-create. (They are map displays with a ton of controls to identify points on the maps.)

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by shmaltz

There is no way to do that. If you are lucky and whoever wrote the program in the first place documented the source code, then it will not be too dificult to rewrite it. But it is impossible to convert it.

by bob sellman

Although I am reasonably sure that my original expectation (or lack of same) is correct that a form cannot be imported from VB to Access, I'm going to leave this question open a while longer in case someone does have a viable method. Note that I "only" need to import the controls on the form (and the background image, which is a map). I don't need any of the code in back of the form.

by shmaltz

As I stated before; it is imposibble to do that. However if you have the source code, you can modify the original forms to be linked to your new redesigned Access application. Then have access call this exe. Or you can have it as ActivX control and link it directly to Access (after you have modified the original code).

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