Show OLE Excel Chart using text field for SourceDoc's file path

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Evi

I'm using Access 2000
I want to insert a different excel chart into a report for each client in my
database.

To simplify
My Client Table, TblClient, contains a text field called SpreadPath which
contains the file path to each chart
eg
E:\DDocs\AccDBs\Chart1.xls
for Client1

The chart is the only item on the first page of the workbook.

I grouped my report by ClientID
I put my chart (ole1) into the ClientID header by clicking on an Unbound
Object Frame and choosing Excel Chart.
This gives me a default picture of a chart.
In ole1's Properties I have
OLE Type Allowed: Embedded (I actually wanted Linked but it tells me that
this is a read-only property so maybe that's just for Forms)
OLE Type Allowed: Either
I tried putting Chart Area into the Source Item and I tried leaving that out
(no difference)

In the On Format Event's Code Page for the Client ID Header I've put
Me.ole1.SourceDoc = Me.SpreadPath

There is a microsoft article on doing this with a form but most of the
things don't work in a report, causing an error message (ie you would not
Enable a chart in a report)

No error messages are caused when I Debug or Preview the Report but the
chart still just shows its default diagram and not my spreadsheet's chart.
Have I misunderstood or omitted something?

Evi
 
Thanks Stephen, At least I know it's not personal :)
I suppose, since the only thing the chart is 'bound to' is the File Path
field, I can't make it a bound Object Control because those have to be
embedded in a table - with all the ensuing bloat.

I tried using SourcDoc in a form's On current to load the chart. Scarily
slow even if I go into Design view.


I guess I could turn the chart into an Image and use the Image Frame (that,
at least, works) but then goodbye any chance of updating the chart
I guess the solution is, for most part, to either take the bloat or use
Access's own chart program


Evi
 
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