not a valid path error message

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Bob Richardson

I'm having trouble reading data from a .mdb that I just got from a client.
The initial screen opens but when I click a button, I get an error message
that says it can't find a file.

The error message I get says "\\abe\afolder\AFile.mdb" is not a valid path.

What's going on and how can I fix this and read the data?
 
It sounds to me that the database application is split into 2 files,
normally called Back-End (Table / data only) and Front-End (other Access
objects including the GUI).

If you get only 1 file (likely to be the Front-End), ask the sender for the
Back-End file. If you get 2 files from the sender, you need to re-link them
so that the Front-End can "see" the Back-End in your set-up (i.e. your
pathnames to the Back-End since where you store the Back-End is almost
certainly different from your client's set-up.
 
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