Microsoft KB Archive/226391

= ACC2000: Cannot Convert MDE to Access Client-Server Application with Upsize Wizard =

Article ID: 226391

Article Last Modified on 1/26/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q226391



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).



SUMMARY
When you try to upsize an MDE to SQL Server or the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) and select the "Create a new Access client/server application" option, you may receive the error message:

The Upsizing Wizard cannot convert your database to a client server database because the VBA project is password protected.



MORE INFORMATION
When you save a Microsoft Access database as an MDE, all modules and code within the database are compiled and removed. Your Visual Basic for Applications code will continue to run, but you can't view it or edit it.

If you run upsizing tools with the "Create a new Access client/server application" option, the wizard must have access to objects that were removed when you saved the database as an MDE.

You may select either the "No application changes" or "Link SQL Server tables to an existing application" options when upsizing an MDE, but if you want to create a client-server application, you must use the original Access database (.MDB).

