Re: Finding hidden objects in Access 2003

From	"Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-access
References	<moubp6pc0u03ioeblep9f1altcqqi72p7g@4ax.com>
Subject	Re: Finding hidden objects in Access 2003
Date	2011-04-01 14:26 -0400
Message-ID	<YpudnXTU7MZGhQvQnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)

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<Arsene@selenium.net> wrote in message 
news:moubp6pc0u03ioeblep9f1altcqqi72p7g@4ax.com...
>I inherited this Access application, in which some fields in several
> tables are supposed to contain hyperlinks pointing to PDF documents
> sitting elsewhere in the network. The original designer appears to
> have embedded some of these PDF documents in the database itself, with
> the consequent bloat. While persuing through one of the tables, I
> found an odd looking character in one of the hyperlink fields, deleted
> it, and saw a 5 MB reduction in the size of the database file.
>
> Is there any way to reveal any and all objects that have been hidden
> in a Microsoft mdb file?
>
> Thanks

I do not know if this reveals all hidden objects or not, but try:

Tools > Options > View tab >  Select chec box for Hidden Objects

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Finding hidden objects in Access 2003 Arsene@selenium.net - 2011-04-01 11:20 -0500
  Re: Finding hidden objects in Access 2003 "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-01 14:26 -0400
    Re: Finding hidden objects in Access 2003 Arsene@selenium.net - 2011-04-01 13:42 -0500
      Re: Finding hidden objects in Access 2003 Salad <salad@oilandvinegar.com> - 2011-04-01 19:10 -0500
        Re: Finding hidden objects in Access 2003 Arsene@selenium.net - 2011-04-02 10:02 -0500

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