[AccessD] libraries, References and some subtleties to be considered

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Dec 16 09:15:35 CST 2011


The extension .MDA is just a convention and really doesn't enforce anything.  The library can have 
an MDB, MDE or even XYZ and still be referenced and used.  I know because I just renamed one of my 
libraries to have an extension .XYZ and referenced it.

While I haven't done so I know that developers sometimes change the .MDB to .MyExt in order to 
obfuscate the fact that it an mdb file and try and keep people from opening it directly in Access. 
Access can in fact still open the file but you can no longer just double click it.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 12/16/2011 8:53 AM, Mark Simms wrote:
> John - great post on your use of the libraries....very few developers do
> this.
> My question: what is the equivalent of an MDA in AC2007, AC2010 ? An ACCDA ?
> Any advantage one way or the other ?
>>
>> Thanks for those suggestions.  My methods are crude and I have always
>> wanted to get a little more
>> sophisticated.  I will have to spend a little time thinking about the
>> suggestions you discuss.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> Colby Consulting
>
>




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