Would it be as convenient to set up a sheet with links to the Access query?
(Data Import External Data New Database Query)

This way the link can be updated quickly and your macro could draw from that
sheet.
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Best wishes,

Jim


"Andy" wrote:

In one macro I would like to get external data from Access, and use that
data. I am able to perform an Access query on its own, but it doesn't seem to
update until the macro is finnished. This means that I cannot reference the
data the I am calling. While the macro is running (and the external data have
not come yet) there is a message:

ExternalData_23: Getting Data...

Is there a way to force the external data to come in before the program
moves on.

Here is the basic structure of the macro (varConn and varSql are strings
that have connection and SQL information).

Sub query()

Dim varQuery As QueryTable
Set varQuery = ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=varConn,
Destination:=Sheet1.Range("A1"), Sql:=varSql)

varQuery.Refresh

Dim i As Integer
i = 2
Do Until Sheet1.Cells(i, 1) = ""
'Do Something
Loop

End Sub

Thanks in advance!