Access databse mde to mdb

[Caro]

I know this isn't a VB question but I'm accessing my Access97 database in VB and its an mde database. Is there any way I can 'uncompile' it to become an mdb database or do I have to re-create it manually and import the data?

[JHausmann]

From Access97 Unleashed:

"When a database is saved as a .MDE file, all editable source code is removed and the destination database is compacted. Source code in a .MDE database cannot be modified so it is important to keep a copy of your original add-in database"

[Caro]

That's what I was afraid of! Thanks for your help.

[pardede]

This might be a long shot, but, maybe instead of manually importing the data, you could use an app to make a 'copy' of the database. I think it should be possible if you could access the database objects (tables, queries etc.) of the .mde (which I don't know for sure you could). But it might worth checking