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    saving data from Attachment field to local drive

    I have 10 thousand records in a table. each record has two attached files in single attachment field.
    my requirement is to save all the attached files from all records to local drive in one go.
    how can I perform this action in Access 2013 64 bit

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    I have never saved documents in the BE. But I Googled

    saving data from Attachment field to local drive

    and found this: http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/...d.php?t=228146

    Maybe it will help. Be sure and read the whole thread......

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    Hopefully this will help. https://www.accessforums.net/access/...eld-40827.html

    The link in post 2 seems to have gone bad but download the example in post 5.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    I believe that example will require an additional loop (code) to iterate the attachment field since the user stated there is more than one attachment in a given field.

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    thanks ssanfu this resolved my issue

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    Thanks ssanfu this resolved my issue

    Thanks to all of you,
    you guys are great

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