ACC2000: Error When You Drag a Module in an MDE or ADE File to the Desktop (211356)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Access 2000
This article was previously published under Q211356
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS

When you try to drag a module from an .mde or .ade file to the desktop in order to create a shortcut, you may receive the following error message:
Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA project
When you click OK to clear the error message, the error message may not be immediately cleared, and the Visual Basic Editor may stop responding (may hang). If this happens, press ESC.

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

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Database Utilities, and then click Make MDE File.
  3. In the Save in list, browse to the folder where you want to save the Northwind.mde file, and then click Save.
  4. Close Northwind.mdb, and then open the Northwind.mde file that you just created.
  5. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
  6. On the View menu, click Project Explorer to place the focus on the Northwind(Northwind) node.
  7. Expand the Northwind(Northwind) node, expand Modules, and then drag Startup to the desktop.
Note that you receive the error message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article. You may also not be able to immediately clear the message, and the Visual Basic Editor may stop responding.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/15/2004
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB211356
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