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MorningStarFan - 01 Dec 2005 15:50 GMT

Hello. We have an access db out on a shared drive that is giving this error
from a form our end-users use to enter data:
Your Microsoft Office Access database or project contains a missing or
broken reference to the file '4TWDLN10.MDA'.
When we look at the references in design view it gives this path for that
reference
C:\4TOPS\4TWDLN10.MDA
On Google there was information indicating that this is and add-on...
Can anyone tell me if this is a legitimate MS add-on? If I remove it the
form seems to work fine.
Thanks!

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John Vinson - 03 Dec 2005 20:07 GMT

>Hello. We have an access db out on a shared drive that is giving this error
>from a form our end-users use to enter data:
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>form seems to work fine.
>Thanks!

Any .MDA file is an Access Library file. Anyone with Access installed
can create one, and can name it whatever they like - so I don't know
any way to tell from the name whether the reference is to a
MS-developed add-in or not.

At some point in the development of your database this library file
was referenced. That reference might or might not still be needed by
some form or other; but if you remove the reference and all your forms
and reports continue to work, I'd just write it off. The reference
itself can't do any harm (though concievably the .mda file, if it were
present, could).

John W. Vinson[MVP]

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MorningStarFan - 07 Dec 2005 14:31 GMT

Thank You! We ended up removing the reference and we haven't had any problems
reported on that db since.

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> >Hello. We have an access db out on a shared drive that is giving this error
> >from a form our end-users use to enter data:
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>
> John W. Vinson[MVP]

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