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TommieA
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Jan 13, 2020

Source database in Access 2010

How do I find the Source Database of an Access 2010 database that was created by another programmer (who I cannot contact).  I need to change the lengths of several fields in linked tables. I get an...
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TommieA
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Jan 15, 2020

tsgiannis 

Thank you for the information.  It is .accdb.  Can I work with that?  

 

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tsgiannis
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Jan 15, 2020

TommieA .accdb means it's not compiled but you got the source.

For start try to open it by holding Shift to Bypass Initial Code..

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    TommieA
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    Jan 17, 2020

    That's what I thought .accdb meant, still can't make changes to table properties also can't link/unlink tables.

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      tsgiannis
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      Jan 17, 2020

      TommieA are you sure is .accdb...can you get to VBE (Alt+F11)

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        TommieA
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 25, 2020

        Yes, it is a .accdb file.  I can get into VBE and edit the VBE,  what I can't do is change the table properties & layouts.

         

        I get an error that says I need to make changes in the source database.

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