Hi,
I searched for similar error messages, and didn’t find anything that looked like it was what I am experiencing, so…
I’m using Access 97 SR-1 (no choice in this…), and I’m trying to export the results of a query to a CSV file. Should be pretty simple. I run the query, choose File, Save As/Export, and then choose “To an External File or Database” on the “Save As…” dialog that comes up. I click the “OK” button, and the “Save Query ‘QueryName’ In…” dialog comes up. I type in a name for the file to save, and choose Text Files (*.txt;*.csv;*.tab;*.asc) in the “Save as type:” combo box. Then I click on Export. Immediately after I click on Export, I get a message box with a title bar of “Export Text Wizard”. The text of the message displayed is “There is no object in this control.” There is only an OK button. When I click the OK button, I get what appears to be the first dialog of the “Export Text Wizard”. However, the dialog is all blank. There are 4 buttons on the bottom – Cancel, “”, and Finish. “” or Finish, another message box displays. The title is “Export Text Wizard”. The message displayed is “The expression you entered refers to an object that is closed or doesn’t exist. For example, you may have assigned a form to a Form object variable, closed the form, and then refered to the object variable.” There is only an OK button. When I click it, I get back to the Export Text Wizard. The only thing I can do to get anywhere at this point is to click Cancel. Of course, I don’t get my CSV file. Any clues as to what’s happening?
I did a search in the MSKB. Of course, I didn’t come up with anything concrete, but I did find something that might provide a clue. KB article Q177105 – ACC97: “There Is No Object in This Control” Error Inserting Web Browser Control. Of course, _I_ am not trying to insert a web browser control; who knows what Access is trying to do. At any rate, the article indicates that the control in a newer version of SHDOCVW.DLL is not recognized by Access. The article also states that “Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access 2000”. However, no workarounds or fixes are provided for Access 97. Switching versions is not an option. Not sure if this article is at all pertinent to my problem, but it’s about the best that the MSKB has to offer.
FWIW – I’m running NT4 Workstation SP6a, IE5.5SP1. Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!
Some additional info – the same thing happens when I try to _import_ from a file as well. The “Import Text Wizard” exhibits the same behavior as the “Export Text Wizard”.
