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VBA Corruption Results in “This program has performed...” Error

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) in Microsoft Access is an event-driven programming language that allows the developers to create customized database processes and automate them as per their requirements.

Author: Golvin

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While VBA code allows the users to maintain their database in fast and effective manner, it can also result in corruption of entire MS Access database. This mainly happens when the code gets changed by a malicious user or a virus attack. In such situations of database corruption, the user encounters an error message that makes the data saved in the database inaccessible. To overcome such database corruption issues and to access the database records, the user can either run 'Compact and Repair' utility or restore data from an up-to-date backup. However, in case no backup is available and the repair utility also fails to repair the database, then you will need to use a third-party Access Database Repair application to repair the database.

To illustrate the above case, consider a practical scenario where you encounter the below error message after your VBA code gets damaged:

“The Visual Basic for Applications project in this database is corrupt.”

Moreover, when you try to close the database, you encounter another error message:

“This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.”

After the above error message appears, the database records become inaccessible.

Grounds of the Issue:
Access database corruption due to damaged VBA code.

User Action:
To overcome MS Access database corruption in the above situation, you will need to Compact the database using below steps:

1. Click 'Tools' and choose 'Compact and Repair Database'.
2. Choose 'Database to Compact From’, and then click 'Compact'.
3. Click 'Save' and save the repaired database at a safe location.

In case the above steps fail, and there is no backup available, then you will need to opt for a third-party MS Access Database Repair tool. Such MS Access Repair software use advanced, yet safe repairing algorithms to repair any database corrupted due to VBA code.

About Author

I am Golvin Smith research analyst and product reviewer, in research of Data recovery softwares to repair access file. Access database repair software provides complete repair of files.

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VBA Corruption Results in “This program has performed...” Error