Okay, finally got it. When populating the customize dialog, there are messages handled by OnGetButtonInfo. In the handler, I can test for the "forbidden" command ID's, and set the button state to TBSTATE_HIDDEN for those buttons. Now the buttons don't even show up in the available list. Thanks again (and sorry for being such a dutz!) Cheers - Sean

Yes I know that. I worked with DAO several years, but the problem is that you need the database in exclusive mode for compact it. Is for this that I said you that I don't know if exist any solution, CDAOWorkspace need that nobody have the database open, for compact it. May be Acces 2000 has some commands like SQL has but I don't Know.... Best Regards.... Carlos Antollini.

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