form design from front end

[Scott]

I have a MDE front end database and need to modify forms
and form fields. No one at my organization knows where or
how to access the back end database. Is there a way to
get into design mode on the front end? The tables and
queries are not locked out but the reports and forms are.
My only other resort is to attempt to reverse engineer a
duplicated database by exporting the tables. Any help
will be appreciated.

Scott

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

The forms, etc. will all be in the front end, not the back end.
Unfortunately, you cannot make any design changes to an MDE. If you can't
find the original MDB file, you're going to have to rebuild from scratch.

 

[Rick Brandt]

I have a MDE front end database and need to modify forms
and form fields. No one at my organization knows where or
how to access the back end database. Is there a way to
get into design mode on the front end? The tables and
queries are not locked out but the reports and forms are.
My only other resort is to attempt to reverse engineer a
duplicated database by exporting the tables. Any help
will be appreciated.

Scott

If you have an MDE it was created from a copy (somewhere) that is still an
MDB. You have to find a copy of that MDB. Otherwise you DO have to start
over with your exported data.