Doug Murphy
dw-murphy at cox.net
Mon Jan 11 20:26:58 CST 2010
As I said I did that. The file was not open. For some reason trying to open the file just opens Access into it's Access Window with all the great propaganda about Access 2007. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:32 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 database file won't open Was the navigation panel open? Try F11 if it is not showing on the left hand side of the screen. Doug Steele On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Doug Murphy <dw-murphy at cox.net> wrote: > Folks, > > I have a weird one, seems like all I get. We developed a database app > for a client in Access 2007. The file is in the accdb format. All was > well and we were doing upgrades as the client needs them. Today I got > the front end file back from them and it would not open on my > computer. There is no error message, Access just opens as it would if > you opened it from the program menu. I checked to make sure the > database window, or what ever you call it in A2007, wasn't hidden and > I got a message that there was no file opened, which is what it looks > like. Did all the normal stuff, like get another copy of the file, > compact repair, decompile, with no results. The file did compact as it > got smaller and it looks like it decompiled but after the action I got > the Access program window, i.e. no open database. I had the client > compact the file on their computer and resend. Still the same > non-result. Then I created a blank DB and imported all objects from > the file that won't open into it. That worked. > > I tried this file on two of our computers with 2007 and got the same > behavior. Has anyone seen this before? Could it be a service pack > thing? I looked on Google and couldn't find any posts about this. I > need to figure out what is going on as I don't want to have to do this > every time we move files around with this client and I have spent a > couple of hours messing with this. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Doug > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com