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I had a friend ask me for more info about using access files as libraries, so here is some info I gathered up:

First off is a link to a file Steve Halder created when researching building our library for our Access JumpStart product. This has a lot of info and sample code and is provided here in Word docx format:

Next is a link to an old article I have on this site which provides a quick and dirty walk through to add another Access file as a library reference to your current Access file.

And here is some more reading about using Access Databases as libraries from Daniel Pineault at devhut.com:

Finally, here is an article by Mike Wolfe at NoLongerSet.com explaining why he DOESN’T use accdb files as references and instead maintains a folder of text files to use for his code library:

https://nolongerset.com/building-your-library

Hope you’ve enjoyed this collection of materials!

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