Article ID: 293613
Article Last Modified on 8/19/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q293613
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).
For a Microsoft Access 2003 version of this article, see 839782.
For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 225938.
SYMPTOMS
When you try to edit code in a module, you may receive the following message, even though you just saw the same message:
CAUSE
You see this message more than once when you are in a multiuser environment, and you perform either of the following actions:
- You insert a new module, and then edit any module.
-or-
- You edit a form or a report class module.
RESOLUTION
Click OK to close the second occurrence of the message. You can then make the changes to the code; however, you may not be able to save the changes that you make.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
- Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
- Open a second instance of Northwind.mdb.
- In the Database window, click Modules under Objects, and then click New. Note that you receive the message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.
- Click OK.
- Open the Form_Employees class module.
- When the Code window appears, make any change to the module. Note that the same message appears a second time.
- Click OK. Note that the message appears a third time.
REFERENCES
For additional information about exclusive locks, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
283228 Exclusive lock is required for saving design changes to Access objects in Access 2002
Additional query words: pra two times twice three
Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbpending KB293613
