Viewing data in .mde file

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Our office has a database created by someone who has been removed from our employ. The database was saved on a CD, but no one is able to view the data. We get a message, "Your project contains a missing or broken reference to the file RLLib.mde (I'm assuming this is a file generated by the former employee, as his initials are RL). To ensure that your database or project works properly, you must fix this reference."
The Help section says to open a module, but does not say how to do this. When I click on "OK" on the above message, I get a second message that reads, "The expression On Load you entered as the event property setting produced the following error: Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA project."

Is there any way to view this database? The CD has several other files, which I believe were linked to create the MDE file, but clicking on them gives the message, "
The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object 'Databases'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and path name correctly."

There are over 5000 names in this database that we'd like to retrieve! TIA for any help you can provide.
 
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Hi,
I don't have much experience with MDEs
Instead of clicking OK, try press cntrl-break. If it's possible in an MDE it
may bring up the code window. Then you could remove the reference - which
will probably break the application - but may allow you to still export the
data.

However, without that library, you'll be pretty much stuck. Have you done a
search on backups, his old pc, the cd for that library?

Marc
Our office has a database created by someone who has been removed from our
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employ. The database was saved on a CD, but no one is able to view the data.
We get a message, "Your project contains a missing or broken reference to
the file RLLib.mde (I'm assuming this is a file generated by the former
employee, as his initials are RL). To ensure that your database or project
works properly, you must fix this reference."
The Help section says to open a module, but does not say how to do this.
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When I click on "OK" on the above message, I get a second message that
reads, "The expression On Load you entered as the event property setting
produced the following error: Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA
project."
Is there any way to view this database? The CD has several other files,
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which I believe were linked to create the MDE file, but clicking on them
gives the message, "
The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object 'Databases'.
Click to expand...
Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and path name
correctly."
 
Instead of clicking OK, try press cntrl-break. If it's possible in an MDE it
may bring up the code window.
Click to expand...

'Fraid not. All source code is removed in the process of creating a
MDE; the VBA editor is not available.
 
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