Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Feb 15 21:46:34 CST 2011
The only way that I can think of for that to happen is that someone has used a tool to recreate the forms and reports from the original MDE into another file which they have given the same name. That would explain the absence of any code modules. I seem to remember one of our list members creating such a thing a few years ago. Hang on a minute while I search my archives...... Yep, Shamil came up with concept back in 2002. Last reference on the list was: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru> Re: [AccessD] DBRepair (EatBloat+) Was: Re: AccessD Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23 Tue,16 Feb 2010 23:12:03 +0300 -- Stuart On 15 Feb 2011 at 21:20, Carolyn Johnson wrote: > I sent someone a database with a compiled front end / back end last > June. Now he has emailed me because the the forms and reports can be > viewed in Design view. > > The file he sent back (with .mde extension) does not run the startup > form, and it does allow me to open forms and reports in Design view. > The modules are all gone however. > > > This was an Access2000 database. I don't know what version of Access > his co-workers were using (he's just the messenger), but I do know > that the OS is Windows7. I had also heard from them last June that > they were having trouble opening the file -- getting a message that > Windows was blocking it. > > > It sounds like they found something to handle the problem of the > database being blocked by Windows 7 that ended up allowing design > view? Does anyone know what they might have done? The person I'm > dealing with doesn't seem to know. > > > > Thanks > Carolyn Johnson > St Louis, MO > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >