[AccessD] Unlock an MDE

Arthur,

  I've seen code floating around to extract the properties of objects via
OLE, but nothing to create those objects in a new MDB.

  As for the code, technically it's feasible to get it, but I don't know
anyone who's ever done it.  There was a company a little while back that
claimed to have a recovery tool, but if you read through their descriptions,
they were just recovering the objects and then recoding by hand.  Looked
like they could decipher enough of the p-code to take a guess at what it was
doing.

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:02 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Unlock an MDE


A client has an MDE and has lost its corresponding MDB. I vaguely recall
that there is some sort of rescue technique. It wouldn't mattered if what
came back was obfuscated code; that could be dealt with.
Any tips or pointers? A commercial package would be OK if that's the only
method. The alternative is reverse-engineering it, which in the
circumstances wouldn't be all that terrible. Like most apps, it contains a
lot of obvious code and a little rocket science.
TIA,
Arthur
Son of Uther Pendragon,
Defeater of the Saxons,
Lord Over Alllll England, and
King of the Dorks


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