database file size quadrupled (5mb to 20mb), why?

[Guest]

Dear esteemed colleagues, (hehe)

I dunno what i did! One minute my database was like 5 megs, the next minute
BOOM 20 megabytes.

I was playing around with a new form, making it a splash screen. I did embed
a 500k .jpg onto the form, just to see how it would work, but quickly
replaced it with a 5 KILOBYTE .gif, yes a tiny 5k .gif , and still my
database has remained at FOUR TIMES its original size.

Was it something else i did inadvertently?
I didnt enter any new data. or create any new tables.
I deleted some reports and forms.

Regards,
Jeff

(c) WebDude productions 2005 lol

 

[Rick B]

Compact your database and you will be back to normal.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Dear esteemed colleagues, (hehe)

I dunno what i did! One minute my database was like 5 megs, the next
minute BOOM 20 megabytes.

I was playing around with a new form, making it a splash screen. I
did embed a 500k .jpg onto the form, just to see how it would work,
but quickly replaced it with a 5 KILOBYTE .gif, yes a tiny 5k .gif ,
and still my database has remained at FOUR TIMES its original size.

Was it something else i did inadvertently?
I didnt enter any new data. or create any new tables.
I deleted some reports and forms.

Regards,
Jeff

(c) WebDude productions 2005 lol

When you use compressed image files Access actually converts them to bitmaps
that are significantly larger.

 

[Guest]

When you use compressed image files Access actually converts them to bitmaps
that are significantly larger.

Ha za! i suspected as much.

Compact your database and you will be back to normal.

Thanks!
jeff out!