[AccessD] Compact/decompile

Stuart,

There is a bug in AXP that prevents decompiling unless you have the Database
File Format set to A2K.  This could have been your issue.

Dan Waters
Quality Process Solutions

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Sanders
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:27 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Compact/decompile



Just goes to show that sometimes you just have to import into a clean
database.

I had a fairly mature database that I wanted to cull everything out of
except the table links and a few forms/tables/queries/modules for system
tools, link checking etc.  

Deleted everything and the sink ecept for the few things I wanted.

Compacted ... 14.6 MB .  Hmmm should be smaller than that.

Decompile. Exit. Reload. Compact.  14.1 MB

Tried a few more things.  In the end gave up and imported everything out of
the 14.1 MB bloat and into a new mdb.  Reset links. Compile. Compact. 1.1 MB

14.1 MB -> 1.1 MB

This is in access XP.  I think they still need to work on their cleaning
utils.

Stuart