ACC2000: How to Use the Quit Method to Quit Access from Another Program

This article describes how to close Microsoft Access from a different program using Automation and the Quit method.

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1. Start Microsoft Access and open any database.
2. Start Microsoft Excel, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. Type the following Sub procedure:

   Sub OleAccess()
      Dim appAccess as Object
      Set appAccess = GetObject(, "Access.Application")
      appAccess.Quit acSave
   End Sub
   					

5. To run this code, click Run Sub/UserForm on the Run menu, or call the Sub procedure from another procedure.
   
   When it runs, the GetObject() function sets the appAccess variable to the first available open instance of Microsoft Access. At the end, it closes Microsoft Access with appAccess.Quit.

NOTE: If you do not have Microsoft Access running in the background when you run the procedure, you receive a run-time error. You can trap for this error by using On Error.

For more information about the Quit method, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type Quit method in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.