Error msg "error accessing file" /Access 2000 / Windows Xp home edition

Hello,

I have a field called Job_date, on the detail part of a "Master & detail"
form, which has been fine. I have it set to show "to-days date" when double
clicked .. i.e. an event procedure runs.

All of a sudden I am getting the msg "Error access file. Network connection
may have been lost" when I double click the field.

I am not on a network, have a network card connected to my internet cable
modem. I also got the msg when I tried to add a new field to the form in
the Master area, also when I go in to try and change to event procedure
code.

Have been working on the data base all day, am tired and want to go to bed,
but hate to leave a problem unsolved sigh

Any help would be most appreciated

Abay

If you have not applied the service packs, you may have come up against this
very nasty old bug in Access 2000:
Error Message: Error Accessing File. Network Connection May Have Been
Lost
at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304548

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Abay" wrote in message
.. .

I have a field called Job_date, on the detail part of a "Master & detail"
form, which has been fine. I have it set to show "to-days date" when
double clicked .. i.e. an event procedure runs.

All of a sudden I am getting the msg "Error access file. Network
connection may have been lost" when I double click the field.

I am not on a network, have a network card connected to my internet cable
modem. I also got the msg when I tried to add a new field to the form in
the Master area, also when I go in to try and change to event procedure
code.

Have been working on the data base all day, am tired and want to go to
bed, but hate to leave a problem unsolved sigh

Many thanks Allen for your reply ... I had imported some forms and queries
from another data base which was created under Access 2003 and according to
the article that seems to be the cause of the problem .. nice to know what
caused it .. I have dropped back to a previous good version so the data
base can be used today .. will apply the latest patch, when I have time
to-night and keep my fingers crossed.

Your help is so much appreciated.

Abay

"Allen Browne" wrote in message
...
If you have not applied the service packs, you may have come up against
this very nasty old bug in Access 2000:
Error Message: Error Accessing File. Network Connection May Have Been
Lost
at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304548

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Abay" wrote in message
.. .

I have a field called Job_date, on the detail part of a "Master & detail"
form, which has been fine. I have it set to show "to-days date" when
double clicked .. i.e. an event procedure runs.

All of a sudden I am getting the msg "Error access file. Network
connection may have been lost" when I double click the field.

I am not on a network, have a network card connected to my internet cable
modem. I also got the msg when I tried to add a new field to the form in
the Master area, also when I go in to try and change to event procedure
code.

Have been working on the data base all day, am tired and want to go to
bed, but hate to leave a problem unsolved sigh