Hi,

I get a run time error '2507', "The type isn't an installed database type or doesn't support the operation you chose.", when trying to execute the following code:

DoCmd.TransferDatabase acLink, , strDatabaseName, , "tblLogShip", "tblLogShip"

My desire is to link the table "tblLogShip", which is contained in another .mdb database whose name is contained in the variable strDatabaseName. I have checked and rechecked all of the variables at run-time and can't find anything amiss. Anyone else come up against this?

Why are you using this method to link the database? Can't you do this using Insert>Table>Link Table?

Did you put the proper path to the file in your strDatabaseName variable? Is the other database in a later format than the one you are working in?

mmcdonal

I need to link to this table (and one other) at application startup because the database will be run in different locations, with different paths to the linked tables on each local machine. Each of the linked tables may also change independently of the calling application. The aim of the startup routine is to link to the appropriate tables stored in the application's parent directory, wherever that may be (this is determined by a seperate routine) and then create a union query to extract the data from both tables for presentation in a form.

The full path of the database I wish to link to is contained in the variable 'strDatabaseName' and all databases are in Access2000 format.