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Author: Steve Childs Reference Number: AA-02265 Created: 2015-05-13 07:48 Last Updated: 2017-02-14 08:36 0 Rating/ Voters

To Create a Trust Center for Microsoft Access:

  • Open access and from the File menu click Options.
  • Then Click Trust Center
  • Then click Trusted Locations
  • Then click Add new Location and browse to the folder OneSource folder.
  • Select it and then check Sub Folders of this location are also trusted
  • .Select ActiveX Settings from the left hand menu
    • select the bottom option to "Enable all controls..."
  • Select Macro Settings from the left hand menu
    • select the bottom option to "Enable all macros..."
  • Click OK
    • All Trust Center settings are complete at this stage. Close the window
  • NOTE: This will need to be done on each users computer.

How to Decompile OneSource

Decompiling OneSource can quite often 'fix' unexplained problems or corruption in the OneSource.mdb file (MS Acess mdb).

  • To 'Decompile'
    • Click Start > Run
    • Enter msaccess.exe "FULLPATH TO OneSource File" /decompile (in double quotes), then press enter.
      • Example: msaccess.exe "C:\OneSource\Data\OSUpdates.mdb" /decompile
    • Wait patiently for OneSource to open (as it make take anywhere from several seconds to over a minute or two).
  • To 'Re-Compile'
    • Like before, when prompted at the login screen, click Yes.

How to Import Access Objects (like Access Queries, Forms, Reports) from 1 Access database to another

  • Option 1: Open up both Access databases side by side and drag and drop the Queries (or forms, reports, etc) from one database into the other.  
  • Option 2: (Instructions for Access 2003) 
    • Open the Access database that you want to import the Queries (or other objects) into and then click File > Get  External Data > Import... 
    • Now browse to the Access database that you want to import Queries (or other objects) from  
    • When you locate the database, click on it and then click Import
    • Then click each Query (or other object) that you want to import and then click OK