[AccessD] Access 2007 database file won't open

Doug, send me a copy. change the suffix to something that wont be
blocked by email.

I'd like to take a look at it.

David


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Doug Murphy <dw-murphy at cox.net> wrote:
> 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-----
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> 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
>>
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