"You Canceled The previous Action" message. Please help

[James]

I get a message "You Cancelled the previous Action"
with just an OK button. It keeps popping up many times.
Then i get a message "Module Not found"
I can't open my form in design mode or normal mode.

It was working fine until my last save of the form after adding
a close button to the form.
Have I lost ALL my work on this form.
I can't even import the form from a backup DB.
Any ideas what's wrong?
Thanks

 

[Allen Browne]

James, it does sound like a corruption, but you may be able to import an old
one like this:

1. Create a new (blank) database.

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

3. Import all the stuff *except* the bad form from your existing database:
File | Get External

4. Import the bad form from a backup database.

If step 4 still fails, try opening the old database and saving the bad form
like this:
Open the Immediate window (Ctrl+G), and enter:
SaveAsText acForm, "Form1", "C:\Form1.txt"
replacing Form1 with the name of your form.
If that works, open the newly created database, open the Immediate window,
and enter:
LoadFromText acForm, "Form1", "C:\Form1.txt"

More general info on recovering from corruption:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html