Determine file dependency (access97)

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How do you properly determine the file dependency one database has on another? Meaning if a database is split into a front end & back end, how can I verify the connection between the two? I

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In code or in the UI? In the UI, open one of the linked tables in design view and then open the properties dialog. The Description property will give you the connection information on a linked table.

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In code you can use:
= currentdb.tabledefs(“yourtablename”).connect

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This might be a dead thread, but this may help:

A problem you might run into with split databases is to keep users out of the back end db. You can do this by opening a modal “go away” screen (“This database is restricted and is intended to be…yadda, yadda”) with only one OK button at the bottom that simply closes the db and exits Access.

It won’t stop a coder (holding the shift key on open prevents the form from opening), but it keeps peekers and pokers away from your tables and relationships. If you want to be tricky about it, you can log startups to a table and review it from time to time.

Had this problem with an app I wrote for a small state university. Turned out there were more users that had access to our application than the techies thought. This cured it.

Hope it helps.

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