Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference

E.13. The DoCmd Object

As its name implies, this object allows you to do things within Microsoft Access. There are no properties of the DoCmd object, but there are a variety of methods you can utilize within your Access application.

E.13.1. Methods of the DoCmd Object

The methods of the DoCmd object are listed in the following table. All of the methods here actually carry out an action with the same name as the method. We've included the description of the action, rather than the description of the method (which merely calls the action).

Method	Arguments	Description
AddMenu	MenuName, MacroName, StatusBarText	Creates a custom menu bar, shortcut bar, or shortcut menu
ApplyFilter	FilterName, WhereCondition	Used to apply a filter, a query, or a SQL WHERE clause to a table, form, or report
Beep	None	Causes the system to beep
CancelEvent	None	Used to cancel the event that caused Access to run the macro or module containing this action
Close	ObjectType, ObjectName, Save	Closes the object specified in the ObjectName argument
CopyDatabaseFile	DatabaseFileName, OverwriteExistingFile, DisconnectAllUsers	Copies the database connected to the current project to a SQL Server database for export
CopyObject	DestinationDatabase, NewName, SourceObjectType, SourceObjectName	Copies the specified object to another database (mdb) or Access project (adp)
DeleteObject	ObjecType, ObjectName	Deletes the specified object
DoMenuItem	MenuBar, MenuName, Command, SubCommand, Version	Executes the specified menu item (Note: This is a legacy ...