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Author Re: Access XP to Access 97 Conversion Problems
karolina

2005-04-06, 8:05 pm


Użytkownik "Luci" <Luci@discussions.microsoft.com> napisał w wiadomości
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> Background Information: I developed a complex Access database system for
> tracking construction projects around our city. Several external agencies

are
> required by city ordinance to enter their project information into this
> database so we can coordinate work efforts in the right of way. There are
> approximately 150 users of this system, two rather large agencies have not
> upgraded from Office 97. I need to make this resource available to them as
> soon as possible. The original design of this system took several months

and
> I cannot invest any more time into development for Access 97.
> Steps Taken:
> I used the built-in Data converter supplied by Access XP to convert the

data
> to Access 97. The automated process is not as clean as one would assume.

The
> Switchboard forms will not work, and need to be re-created. I re-compiled

all
> my VBA modules and they are now 97 compatible.
>
> My big problem is that in the conversion process somehow a macro got added
> to one of my forms and I cannot open it. Don't know where to look for the
> problem macro call. I did not design any macro calls in my XP version.

Any
> suggestions.
>
> A secondary problem is that I did use macros to assist with report

queries
> and none of them work either.



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