I've written an application that will read all the mdb files in a given
directory and extract connection information for each table, reading off of
the MsysObjects table. Problem: if the system hits a password protected mdb
file it waits for a password or someone to hit Cancel. Since this application
will need several hours to scan I'd like to run it after hours; obviously,
hitting a password protected file will bring the scan to a dead halt.

Is there a way to extract some property from an mdb to detect whether or not
it's password protected without attempting to open it and therefore
triggering the passord request?

TIA....

[cubicadmin1986]

I have a program written many years ago in Access 1997. I have tried everything to open this, but since the security is set on it, it will not open. I do not have any of the info for the security and I need to open the program. I know I was able to a few years back, but it seems no matter what I try it will not open.

My question, how to open a secure database without any of the information for the security??? Everything I read, says do this and this and open the database, but it will not because I get the error code I do not have permissions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated because at this point I am ready to throw it away and start over!!!!