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SYMPTOMSAdvanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.
CAUSE
This behavior can happen if you directly open a database in a non-Access application, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Notepad, and so on, and then save the database in that application. In some cases, the application that you use to open the database may automatically save a document after you open it, for example, a macro in Word.
RESOLUTIONDo not try to open a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) in an application other than Microsoft Access. If you want to view your Access data in another application, try linking to it through ODBC or Office Links. MORE INFORMATIONFor more information about using ODBC, click Contents and Index
on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Access Help, type the
following text ODBC, runningand then double-click the selected text to go to the "ODBC, running queries on ODBC servers" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant. For more information about using Office Links, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Access Help, type the following text OfficeLinksand then double-click the selected text to go to the "OfficeLinks" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant. Additional query words:
Keywords : kbdta |
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