I am not sure if there is a pure way of doing it in .Net (it seems that every example I found is using the Jet engine.

What I found is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306287
http://pub52.ezboard.com/finteractivepsybertechnologydevelopersgroupfrm93.showMessage?topicID=14.topic
http://www.ipdg3.com/sourcecoderesults.php?option=sourcecode&id=000431
http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/29/148062.aspx


>Hello Sir,
>can u help me, i'm looking for examples on the net on how to backup,archive, purge my access database (mdb) using visual basic.net. unfortunately, i can't find a good way to do it.
>btw, how about the "compact database"? can vb.net do it?
>-TIA
>p.s. i am one of your thousand fans! god bless you!