Error opening form in database

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"You loaded a form or report that has controls or properties that Microsoft
Office Access does not recognize and will ignore."

This error comes up using a database that has not been altered for a month
and worked without error once before. Using Access 2003.

Anyone ever seen this before? I am not familiar with this database, this is
for a client of mine - I work on a HD. Just looking for a direction to
search on this one.
 
Okay, so something has gone haywire with this database. Suggestions to
recover it:

1. Make a backup copy of the mdb file, without overwriting any existing
backups, in case something goes wrong.

2. Uncheck the boxes under:
Tools | Options | General | Name AutoCorrect
Explanation of why:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

3. Compact the database to get rid of this junk:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact

4. If the tables are attached, open the data file, and repeat steps 1 - 3
for that file as well.

5. Close Access. Decompile the database by entering something like this at
the command prompt while Access is not running. It is all one line, and
include the quotes:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe" /decompile
"c:\MyPath\MyDatabase.mdb"

6. Open Access, and compact again.

7. Open a code window.
Choose References from the Tools menu.
Uncheck any references you do not need.
For a list of the ones you typically need in your version of Access, see:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html

8. Still in the code window, choose Compile from the Debug menu.
Fix any errors, and repeat until it compiles okay.

9. Compact again.

At this point, you should have a database where the name-autocorrect errors
are gone, the indexes are repaired, inconsistencies between the text- and
compiled-versions of the code are fixed, and reference ambiguities are
resolved.

If it is still a problem, the next step would be to get Access to rebuild
the database for you. Follow the steps for the first symptom in this
article:
Recovering from Corruption
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html
 
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