[AccessD] Decompile

And this is the *smart* way to do it.  I had this set up but it never survived the move to new 
computer systems.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Heenan, Lambert wrote:
> All who are following this thread:
> 
> I use a couple registry entries that add "Compact' and 'Decompile' to the Explorer context menus. So all I need to do it right-click and MDB file and select whichever action I want done.
> 
> You can set this up from within Explorer thus:
> 
> 1/ Select Folder Options from the Tools menu.
> 2/ Select the File Types tab in the dialog and locate the MDB extension.
> 3/ Click the 'Advanced' button.
> 4/ Click the New button to add a new action.
> 5/ Enter the action name Decompile and in the "Application used to perform action" box type the command line, which will be of this form...
> 
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE" /decompile "%1"
> 
> All of those quote marks are required.
> 
> 6/ Repeat for 'Compact' using this form of the command line...
> 
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE" "%1" /compact
> 
> Lambert