FIX: CompactJetRepository Only Recognizes Lowercase Jet db Name

ID: Q169308

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 97
• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

CompactJetRepository doesn't recognize a database as a Jet database if the .MDB portion is capitalized.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been fixed with Visual Studio Service Pack 1.

For additional information about the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

• Pass an uppercase path to a valid Jet database to the CompactJetRepository function.

• No error.

• Can only compact Jet databases (*.mdb).

Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp1fix kbVS97sp2fix kbvbp500sp1fix kbvbp500sp2fix 
Version           : 5.0 97
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: December 20, 1997