ACC2000: "You do not have exclusive access..." Message Appears More Than Once When Editing Module

• Microsoft Access 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you try to edit code in a module, you may see the following message, even though you just saw the same message:

You do not have exclusive access to the database at this time. If you proceed to make changes, you may not be able to save them later.

CAUSE

You see this message more than once when you are in a multiuser environment, and you perform either of the following actions:

• You insert a new module, and then edit any module.




-or-

• You edit a form or a report class module.

RESOLUTION

Click OK to close the second occurrence of the message. You can then make the changes to the code; however, you may not be able to save the changes that you make.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. Open a second instance of Northwind.mdb.



3. In the Database window, click Modules under Objects, and then click New. Note that you receive the message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.



4. Click OK.



5. Open the Form_Employees class module.



6. When the Code window appears, make any change to the module. Note that the same message appears a second time.



7. Click OK. Note that the message appears a third time.

REFERENCES

For additional information about exclusive locks, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q200290 Need Exclusive Lock to Save Design Changes to Objects

Additional query words: pra two times twice three

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug