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    Importing Access data that is in a .MDE file

    How do I set up an ODBC connection to a .MDE file? I have setup connections to .MDB files and used A5 to import data. I'm stumped on how to connect to the data that is inside the .MDE file.

    Is there a Microsoft drive that works with the .MDE files?

    Thank you in advance for help,

    CPGood
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    Re: Importing Access data that is in a .MDE file

    You need the original mdb file and the backend data file which is also mde

    looke here:
    Sooner or later, you are going to want to make a new report or fix an annoying typo in a form. You have to go back to your MDB file to make these kinds of changes, because you can't make changes in an MDE file.

    If the MDE file is a front-end file, with no data stored in it, you can just make your changes to the original MDB file and resave it as an MDE file. Because all your data lives in the back-end database, you're all set.

    However, if your MDE file contains tables full of valuable information, you can't just abandon it. If you use the MDE file to do data entry and editing, that file contains your up-to-date tables. The original MDB file has editable forms, reports, and VBA code, but doesn't have the latest version of the data stored in your tables. Not a problem.

    Follow these steps to update your MDE file:

    1. Rename your MDE file as a backup file.

    For example, add today's date to the end of the file name (right before the .mde part). You're about to create a new MDE file, but you don't want to lose the data in this file.

    2. Open the original MDB file and make any changes to contain the forms, reports, and VBA code that you want.

    If you plan to make drastic changes, make a backup copy of the MDB first.

    3. Choose Tools --> Database Utilities --> Make MDE File and save it as an MDE file with the name that your MDE file originally had.

    Now you have an updated MDE file with new, improved forms, reports, and VBA procedures, but with old data. You also have an updated MDB file with your new, improved forms, reports, and VBA code (but out-of-date tables).

    4. Delete all the tables from this new MDE file.

    In the Database window, click the Tables button in the Objects list, click each table in the list that appears in the right pane and then press the Delete key for each table. You need to confirm each deletion by clicking the Yes button. Deleting tables sounds dangerous, but remember you have all these tables stored safely in your old MDE file.

    5. Import the tables from the old MDE file to the new one.

    Choose File --> Get External Data --> Import and choose the name you gave your old MDE file in Step 1.

    You see the Import Objects dialog box, with tabs for Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports, and other objects.

    6. Click the Select All button with the Tables tab selected and then click OK.

    Access imports your tables from the original MDE to the new MDE files, replacing the older data in the tables.

    7. Import any queries or macros in the old MDE database that you created or changed.

    Repeat Steps 5 and 6, but use the Queries and Macros tabs on the Import Objects dialog box to import whatever has changed.



    Read more: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...#ixzz1PPi99psi

    Sooner or later, you are going to want to make a new report or fix an annoying typo in a form. You have to go back to your MDB file to make these kinds of changes, because you can't make changes in an MDE file.

    If the MDE file is a front-end file, with no data stored in it, you can just make your changes to the original MDB file and resave it as an MDE file. Because all your data lives in the back-end database, you're all set.

    However, if your MDE file contains tables full of valuable information, you can't just abandon it. If you use the MDE file to do data entry and editing, that file contains your up-to-date tables. The original MDB file has editable forms, reports, and VBA code, but doesn't have the latest version of the data stored in your tables. Not a problem.

    Follow these steps to update your MDE file:

    1. Rename your MDE file as a backup file.

    For example, add today's date to the end of the file name (right before the .mde part). You're about to create a new MDE file, but you don't want to lose the data in this file.

    2. Open the original MDB file and make any changes to contain the forms, reports, and VBA code that you want.

    If you plan to make drastic changes, make a backup copy of the MDB first.

    3. Choose Tools --> Database Utilities --> Make MDE File and save it as an MDE file with the name that your MDE file originally had.

    Now you have an updated MDE file with new, improved forms, reports, and VBA procedures, but with old data. You also have an updated MDB file with your new, improved forms, reports, and VBA code (but out-of-date tables).

    4. Delete all the tables from this new MDE file.

    In the Database window, click the Tables button in the Objects list, click each table in the list that appears in the right pane and then press the Delete key for each table. You need to confirm each deletion by clicking the Yes button. Deleting tables sounds dangerous, but remember you have all these tables stored safely in your old MDE file.

    5. Import the tables from the old MDE file to the new one.

    Choose File --> Get External Data --> Import and choose the name you gave your old MDE file in Step 1.

    You see the Import Objects dialog box, with tabs for Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports, and other objects.

    6. Click the Select All button with the Tables tab selected and then click OK.

    Access imports your tables from the original MDE to the new MDE files, replacing the older data in the tables.

    7. Import any queries or macros in the old MDE database that you created or changed.

    Repeat Steps 5 and 6, but use the Queries and Macros tabs on the Import Objects dialog box to import whatever has changed.



    Read more: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...#ixzz1PPi99psi
    Dave Mason
    [email protected]
    Skype is dave.mason46

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      Re: Importing Access data that is in a .MDE file

      Hi Dave,

      Thank you for the great reply and links.

      CPGood

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