[AccessD] A2K: Oh, BROTHER! Have I screwed up or not?

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 10:31:59 CST 2005


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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:18:17 -0600, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Group,
> 
> I've been working on a complicated module over the past three days in
> Access 2000. I was working in the VBA IDE and I had two module windows
> open as well as the Project Explorer.
> 
> There was a bit of code that I wanted to delete in one of the modules,
> so I highlighted it with my mouse and pressed the Delete key. Instead
> of the bit of code being deleted, the other module that was open in
> the IDE was deleted! It no longer appears in the list of modules in
> the Access Database window.
> 
> I checked the Options and, sure enough, I had un-checked the option
> for warning of Document deletions...but Jeez! How can a document be
> deleted if it isn't active?!?!
> 
> This, of course, blows maybe a day-and-a-half of work out the window.
> I have a backup from Wednesday night.
> 
> I have not yet closed Access. I am contemplating turning off my
> computer without closing Access in the hopes that the module will
> re-appear. Is this an option or am I facing re-doing the work?
> 
> Egad! I have NEVER done this before. Is there something goofy about
> the Access 2000 Project Explorer that I don't know about? When I
> selected the code to delete with the mouse and then released the mouse
> to press the Delete key, did I then somehow push the mouse over to the
> Project Explorer and phantom-click on the other active module before I
> hit the Delete key? This is creeping me out, besides the fact that
> this is all under deadline.
> 
> Should I try turning off my system?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve Erbach
> Scientific Marketing
> Neenah, WI
> www.swerbach.com
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