ACC2000: Error Refreshing Text File with Linked Table Manager

ID: Q199251

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

When you create a link to a text file from Microsoft Access and then move the text file to another folder, you may receive the following error message when you try to use the Linked Table Manager to refresh the link:

The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object <file name>. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and the path name correctly.


CAUSE

A specification is created when you create a link to a text file. If you quit Microsoft Access, move the text file to another folder, and then restart Microsoft Access, the specification no longer works because the path to the text file has changed.


RESOLUTION

Remove the link to the text file. Then, re-create the link to the text file in its new location.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb and select the Customers table.


  2. On the File menu, click Export.


  3. In the Export Table 'Customers' To dialog box, select Text Files in the Save as type box.


  4. In the File name text box, type C:\My Documents\Customers.txt, and then click Save.


  5. When the Export Text Wizard appears, click Finish, and then click OK.


  6. On the File menu, point to Get External Data, and then click Link Tables.


  7. In the Link dialog box, select Text Files in the Files of type box.


  8. Locate the folder C:\My Documents, select Customers.txt, and then click Link.


  9. On the first three screens of the Link Text Wizard, click Next.


  10. On the last screen of the Link Text Wizard, type CustomersLinked in the Linked Table Name box, and then click Finish.


  11. When you receive the message that Microsoft Access has finished linking, click OK.


  12. Quit Microsoft Access.


  13. Open Windows Explorer and move C:\My Documents\Customers.txt to another folder.


  14. Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.


  15. On the Tools menu, point to Database Utilities, and then click Linked Table Manager.


  16. In the Linked Table Manager dialog box, click to select the CustomersLinked and the Always prompt for new location check boxes, and then click OK.


  17. In the Select New Location of CustomersLinked dialog box, locate Customers.txt in its new location, and then click Open.

    Note that you receive the error message mentioned in the Symptoms section.



REFERENCES

For more information about linking text files, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "link a delimited or fixed-width text file" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: prb 


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta IsmOthr IsmSetup WzAtmgr 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999