Reverse Engineering a Microsoft Access Database

PowerDesigner and MS Access use .dat files to exchange information. You must pass via the appropriate accessversion database delivered with PowerDesigner in order to convert an Access database file into the .dat file required by PowerDesigner.

1. Open the appropriate accessversion database in the PowerDesigner \tools directory.
2. Select the Reverse engineer Access database to script radio button and select the database file to reverse in the Select database field.
3. Enter the .dat file to be generated in the Script file field.
4. Click the Create button to generate the .dat file and then reverse engineer this script in PowerDesigner (see Reverse Engineering from Scripts).