Access 2003 Catastrophic error

[dhimmels]

Microsoft Access 2003 crashes when I try to access a report in design
view mode.
The error message I receive..

Microsoft Office Access has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Here are the details...

Error report signature
AppName: msaccess.exe AppVer: 11.0.6566.0 AppStamp: 42cdb33e
ModName: tcddiui.dll ModVer: 2.20.0.3 ModStamp: 3d2331967
fDebug:0 Offset: 0000857f


I'm running Access 2003 SP2. Error occurs in both Access 2000 format
databases and Access 2002-2003 format databases.

ps. These reports run without error in Access 2002.

Has anyone seen this before?

Thank you for your help.

 

[Marshall Barton]

Microsoft Access 2003 crashes when I try to access a report in design
view mode.
The error message I receive..

Microsoft Office Access has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Here are the details...

Error report signature
AppName: msaccess.exe AppVer: 11.0.6566.0 AppStamp: 42cdb33e
ModName: tcddiui.dll ModVer: 2.20.0.3 ModStamp: 3d2331967
fDebug:0 Offset: 0000857f


I'm running Access 2003 SP2. Error occurs in both Access 2000 format
databases and Access 2002-2003 format databases.

ps. These reports run without error in Access 2002.

Has anyone seen this before?

Sounds like some kind of corruption. You didn't edit the
report's module while previewing the report did you?

 

[Allen Browne]

Since you have been working with multiple versions, a Decompile might help
also.

Try this sequence (in order):

1. Uncheck the boxes under:
Tools | Options | General | Name AutoCorrect
Explanation of why:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

2. Compact the database to get rid of this junk:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact/Repair

3. Close Access. Make a backup copy of the file. Decompile the database by
entering something like this at the command prompt while Access is not
running. It is all one line, and include the quotes:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe" /decompile
"c:\MyPath\MyDatabase.mdb"

4. Open Access (holding down the Shift key if you have any startup code),
and compact again.

5. Open a code window.
Choose References from the Tools menu.
Uncheck any references you do not need.
For a list of the ones you typically need in your version of Access, see:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html

6. Still in the code window, choose Compile from the Debug menu.
Fix any errors, and repeat until it compiles okay.

At this point, you should have a database where the name-autocorrect errors
are gone, the indexes are repaired, inconsistencies between the text- and
compiled-versions of the code are fixed, reference ambiguities are resolved,
and the code syntax is compilable.

If it is still a problem, the next step would be to get Access to rebuild
the database for you. Follow the steps for the first symptom in this
article:
Recovering from Corruption
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html