Attempt to connect to a valid database from outside Access (Outlook/Excel) using DAO generates a 3343 unrecognized database format error
Thanks for your site. Wonderful information. In a nutshell, I'm trying to execute the following code from Outlook (2007), although it fails in Excel as well. Works great INSIDE Access! Sub Test Dim db As DAO.Database Dim rs As DAO.Recordset Const dbPath As String = "C:\Users\e574651.GLOBAL\Documents\Northwind 2007.accdb" On Error Resume Next Set db = DAO.OpenDatabase(dbPath) 'Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("customers") Debug.Print Err.Number, Err.Description End Sub 3343 Unrecognized database format 'C:\Users\e574651.GLOBAL\Documents\Northwind 2007.accdb'. I can access (no pun intended) this