Bloat Meter

Your Bloat Meter has maxed out.

Access databases can get bloated after prolonged use.  And they Bloat quickly if you use Part Type Queries or you have been importing a lot of Excel worksheets.

The cure for database bloat is Compact and Repair  < See Microsoft Office Link.

The Parts bloat meter provides a visual indication of the backend file size relative to a user defined file size in MBs.

Suggested setting is between 20 and 100.

Notes:

Tools > Backup Database can be used to Backup and Compact the Parts Database.

Users with Librarian keys can set the Bloat Meter Size using Tools > Backup Database.

Users with only Designer keys can edit the user.dat file. (close Parts first).

Altium leaves connections to Access databases open when Altium is closed :(

Good News! Parts (Access) can close the connections that Altium neglects to close.


That's It !