Access 2000 Forms

[Steve]

I lost all the forms on my access 2000 database, they were
just gone. I then tried to recreate them but Access won't
allow the form to be saved. It asks if I want to save the
changes, I indicate yes but then it is not saved. I have
multiple databases but it is only happening in the one
database. Any Ideas would be appreciated.

Steve

 

[Larry Linson]

That is a case, I'd guess, of database corruption.

First, before anything else, and before you do anything more in that
database, make a copy and work on the copy!

Try creating a new, empty database and using File | Get External Data |
Import to see if you can import them. Presumably, you have a recent
backup... if you can't import the disappeared Forms from your most current,
import them from the most recent backup copy, and the other objects from the
current copy.

There are other methods... of varying success in varying situations... but
this would be a start.

If you don't have a recent backup, it is an "object lesson" in the value of
frequently backing up your work.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Larry Linson]

Oh, one other thing: there are three Service Packs for Access 2000. Be sure
you have and have applied all three.