CompactRepair Method [Access 2003 VBA Language Reference]

Compacts and repairs the specified database (.mdb) or Microsoft Access project (.adp) file. Returns a Boolean; True if the process was successful.

expression.CompactRepair(SourceFile, DestinationFile, LogFile)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

SourceFile  Required String. The full path and filename of the database or project file to compact and repair.

DestinationFile  Required String. The full path and filename for where the recovered file will be saved.

LogFile  Optional Boolean. True if a log file is created in the destination directory to record any corruption detected in the source file. A log file is only created if corruption is detected in the source file. If LogFile is False or omitted, no log file is created, even if corruption is detected in the source file.

The source file must not be the current database or be open by any other user, since calling this method will open the file exclusively.

The following example compacts and repairs a database, creates a log if there's any corruption in the source file, and returns a Boolean value based on whether the recovery was successful. For the example to work, you must pass it the paths and file names of the source and destination files.

Function RepairDatabase(strSource As String, _
        strDestination As String) As Boolean
        ' Input values: the paths and file names of
        ' the source and destination files.

    ' Trap for errors.
    On Error GoTo error_handler

    ' Compact and repair the database. Use the return value of
    ' the CompactRepair method to determine if the file was
    ' successfully compacted.
    RepairDatabase = _
        Application.CompactRepair( _
        LogFile:=True, _
        SourceFile:=strSource, _
        DestinationFile:=strDestination)

    ' Reset the error trap and exit the function.
    On Error GoTo 0
    Exit Function

' Return False if an error occurs.
error_handler:
    RepairDatabase = False

End Function

Applies to | Application Object