Just got a call from a friend (a hardware guy with only limited Access knowledge) who is trying to help a client do a quickie Access report in an Access97 database. In database window, however, the New and Design buttons are dimmed for Reports and Forms. Apparently there is no security (no log-in screen). In a newly created database, this was available, just not in the existing database. I have no idea how long this condition has existed; apparently they don’t generally do any such maintenance on the database. Any ideas?
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can’t make/design reports/forms. (Access97)
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