I have an Access database with a password ABCDEFGH.  In my Visual C++ 5
application, I have the following line:

CDaoWorkspace::CompactDatabase(_T("C:\\MyDB.mdb"), _T("C:\\Temp.mdb"),
  dbLangGeneral, 0, _T("ABCDEFGH"));

This line throws an exception "Couldn't find installable Isam" (error
code 3170).

If I remove the password from my database, and do this:

CDaoWorkspace::CompactDatabase(_T("C:\\MyDB.mdb"), _T("C:\\Temp.mdb"),
  dbLangGeneral, 0, _T(""));

it works fine.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance...

-Eric Harmon

This is the code I use. The difference is subtle.

CDaoWorkspace::CompactDatabase(pathName,newName,
dbLangGeneral,0,";PWD=mypassword") ;

Good Luck,

Craig Klementowski