The Database properties allow you to provide additional information about your database. To view the Database properties, click Database Properties on the File menu.
Setting
You can set these properties by entering information in the Summary or Custom tabs in the DatabaseName Properties dialog box or in a Microsoft Access database (.mdb), by using Visual Basic.
Note The Database properties of a Microsoft Access project (.adp) are not available using Visual Basic.
In Visual Basic, if a Database property hasn't already been set in the DatabaseName Properties dialog box, you must create the property by using the CreateProperty method and append it to the Properties collection of a Document object. With Visual Basic, you can set the properties that appear on the Summary tab by using the SummaryInfo Document object in the Documents collection. You set properties in the Custom tab by using the UserDefined Document object in the Documents collection. You must supply a name, data type, and default value for a custom Database property before you can add it to your database. For more information, click Specifics in the Documents collection topic.
Note You can only enter or edit the properties that appear on the Summary or Custom tabs. The other Database properties are read-only.
Remarks
The Database properties appear in the DatabaseName Properties dialog box on the following tabs.
| Tab | Description |
|---|---|
| General | This is the same information that is displayed when you right-click the name of a file in Windows Explorer and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. The only difference is that when these properties are viewed in Microsoft Access, the Attributes settings are read-only. |
| Summary | This information is similar to the summary information you can provide in other Microsoft Office applications. Summary information allows the user to better identify a database both from within Microsoft Access and from other programs such as the Windows Find Files program. In Microsoft Access databases (.mdb), the information you enter on this tab is added to the SummaryInfo Document object in the Documents collection for Microsoft Access databases.
The Hyperlink Base setting on the Summary tab is used to create the base hyperlink path that is appended to the beginning of relative HyperlinkAddress property settings. |
| Statistics | This information includes the date and time the active database was created, and the last date and time it was modified, accessed, and printed. |
| Contents | This information includes the names of the objects contained in your database. |
| Custom | In Microsoft Access databases (.mdb), the custom properties you enter become properties of the UserDefined Document object in the Documents collection. |