[AccessD] Strange corruption

I had a somewhat similar problem arise out of the blue the other 
day. What fixed it for me was to [re]install the latest MDAC from 
MS. You might try that.

Regards, Stephen

> Cross posted AccessD and Access-L
> 
> 
> I recently sent a zipped Access 2000 database to a friend.  He was
> able to unzip and run the Access application with no problem, but he
> had a question about the code.  So that I could look at the code
> while talking with him, I opened the oroiginal version on the
> computer that was used for development, a Win XP Pro laptop.  When I
> attempted to open any module, the message box informing me that
> there is a fatal error in Access appeared, the only options are
> whether or not to send a report to Microsoft.  After trying this
> several times with the same result, I thought that the database
> might have become corrupted so I extracted the Access application
> from the zip file and tried again.  Same result.
> 
> Copying the zip file to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server, unzipping
> and trying to look at a module generated the same error.  I then
> unzipped again, but before attempting to open a module, I verified
> that several local tables were intact and could be opened with no
> problem.  Opening forms which are bound to queries that use the
> tables also did not produce any error.  After opening tables and
> forms, the modules then opened as expected without any errors!
> 
> I tried the same procedure on the Win XP machine--unzip, look at a
> table, open a form, open a module.  No error, it worked as expected.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced strange behavior like this?  Any ideas
> as to what could cause this situation?
> 
> Joe O'Connell
> 
> 
> 
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