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Project Changes Summary

In this use case, we connect to two MS Access databases, read object definitions, and get a project changes summary — the total counts of new and changed tables, forms, and other objects. This use case is also the starting point for most others: before comparing or synchronizing objects or data, you first need to connect to the databases and load their object definitions.

  1. Click A 'Open file(s)' to start connecting to your databases.

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  2. Select the database files B. If the files are located in the same directory, you can select both of them using the Shift key, otherwise open them one by one. Click C OK.

    for MS Access, home tab open databases
  3. Wait a bit while the tool loads the database definitions. You’ll see a progress indicator D.

    for MS Access, progress indicator while loading
  4. After loading, you’ll see the total, new, and changed object counts for each type (tables, queries, modules, forms, etc.).

    for MS Access, home tab project changes summary