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If Grayderek's suggestion does not work then perhaps the designer of the DB disabled using the Shift key to bypass the startup macro (fairly common). The thread below taks about disabling the shift key and reenabling it via code:<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/11578699/Disable-SHIFT-key.html?query=Disable+Shift&topics=39" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/11578699/Disable-SHIFT-key.html?query=Disable+Shift&topics=39</a>
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If Grayderek's suggestion does not work then perhaps the designer of the DB disabled using the Shift key to bypass the startup macro (fairly common). The thread below taks about disabling the shift key and reenabling it via code:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/11578699/Disable-SHIFT-key.html?query=Disable+Shift&topics=39 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/11578699/Disable-SHIFT-key.html?query=Disable+Shift&topics=39]

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will_scarlet7<br />
Thanks, the shift key trick worked. I knew there had to be some way of getting in. Isn't Microsoft wonderful (sarcasm mode off).
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will_scarlet7
Thanks, the shift key trick worked. I knew there had to be some way of getting in. Isn't Microsoft wonderful (sarcasm mode off).

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grayderek<br />
Sorry that last comment was aimed at you.<br />
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will_scarlet7<br />
thanks for your help, luckily the 'designer' of this system did not think to bypass the shift key.
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grayderek
Sorry that last comment was aimed at you.

will_scarlet7
thanks for your help, luckily the 'designer' of this system did not think to bypass the shift key.

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I am reverse-engineering an Access application (2000 I think) where the view of the tables/queries is hidden. In other applications I can unhide the window and look at the tables etc. In this application I cannot because, it seems, the Access menu item for unhide has been removed or disabled in some way.<br />
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Even if I do Alt-F11 to view the code, I can't find any way to view the tables.<br />
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Any ideas?
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I am reverse-engineering an Access application (2000 I think) where the view of the tables/queries is hidden. In other applications I can unhide the window and look at the tables etc. In this application I cannot because, it seems, the Access menu item for unhide has been removed or disabled in some way.

Even if I do Alt-F11 to view the code, I can't find any way to view the tables.

Any ideas?

Access application, cannot see table/query view

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.