Try opening up the access database directly from access and make usre the
file isn't corrupted and that the data still exists.

"Chuck" wrote:

Office 97 Pro
Excel file written 2005 and run daily for about a year.
The Excel file gets external data from an Access data base.
Tried to run the Excel file today.
Error message: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Invalid procedure
call.

Macro in Excel file:

Sub GetMDBdata()
'
' GetMDBdata Macro
' Macro recorded 2/2/2005 by Chuck
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+o
'
With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
"FINDER;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Queries\Get Data from
mdb.dqy", _
Destination:=Range("A1"))
.FieldNames = True
.RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.HasAutoFormat = True
.BackgroundQuery = True
.TablesOnlyFromHTML = True
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
{ *** The line above is where the sub hangs.}
.SavePassword = True
.SaveData = True
End With
End Sub

I made a new blank Excel file and established a new get external query.
Same error message as before.

Examined the original Get Data from mdb.dqy file and the new Get Data2 from
mdb.dqy. They were identical.

Re-installed Office97. Did not help

If it makes any difference - I had Office 2000 pro installed (in a different
directory from Office97 so I could run either program) for some time. Didn't
like Access 2000 so I removed all of Office 2000. Cleaned up registry and
directories.

I'll be very greatful for any suggestion for getting any Access data into any
Excel file.