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tina
IMPORT all the objects in the database to a new database.-----Original Message-----
hi'y all,
my company has an access database (.mdb) that has been left behind by a
previous programmer. Now, this programmer has locked this database down
hard, when you open the database all you get is a switchboard (menu) with
options to view various reports and enter data. "Insert" and "Tools" are
missing from the toolbar, in short, there are no buttons or commands that
will open the actual database. The database opens the same way if you hold
down the shift key while opening the database.
If you create a new database and go to File, Get External Data, Link Tables
and try to access the locked database that way the only object that is
available for import from the locked database is the switchboard form. When
you import this as a table it merely shows the names of the forms that the
buttons on the switchboard link to.
The programmer has left the company and is not contactable.
Help!
Is there any way to unlock this database and access the tables and forms???
Any assistance would be much appreciated.
eddiec
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you can't link a linked table. but you can probably
try File, Get External Data, Import...
before you do this, don't forget to click Tools, Options,
View tab, and checkmark Hidden Objects in the Show group -
in your new database.