I created a script that compacts .mdb files on a schedule.
It works great when I call msaccess.exe with the /compact argument, except when it finds an mdb file that has been corrupted.
Instead of compacting it, it stops processing and shows this message until I click OK, and only after that does it start the compacting: microsoft access has detected that this database is in an inconsistent state
How do I avoid this window? Is there a /quiet or /nogui equivalent argument that shows no GUI and just does the compact commmand?
This script would run at night and I can't be there to click OK every time.
JETCOMPACT is not an option, because it freezes when I try to compact one of our mdb files.
CodePudding user response：
There isn't an easy way in terms of a /quiet command switch but various options are described here:
CodePudding user response：
I solved it myself in PowerShell. This compacts and repairs mdb files without confirmation or messageboxes interrupting:
$ObjectAccess = New-Object -ComObject "Access.Application"
$ObjectAccess.CompactRepair($MDBFilePathSource, $MDBFilePathDestination)
$ObjectAccess.Quit()
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($ObjectAccess)