I want to be able to add a database to Winace through the file's popup menu

What are you trying to accomplish? If you want to link a table from an external database, you can use the RunCommand method of either the Application or DoCmd object. Then use the acLink constant to start the Link External Table Wizard.

Your statement would look similar to the following:

        

Hope this helps.

I don't want to link a table from an external database, I want to zip or archive a database. I have WinAce, so I want to create a .ace file & send an Access file in it.