Access97 runtime and Windows XP

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chironex

Does anyone know if an Access 97 runtime program on windows98se will be
adversely affected by upgrading to WinXP?
 
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Arvin Meyer

chironex said:
Does anyone know if an Access 97 runtime program on windows98se will be
adversely affected by upgrading to WinXP?
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I run Access 97 on WinXP both Pro and Home versions without any problems
other than some minor ones associated with running multiple versions of
Office on the same machine.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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Douglas J. Steele

I'll disagree slightly with Arvin, just to be different. <g>

Access 97 will run without problems on WinXP. However, it's possible that
the upgrade could break your References. Access is extremely sensitive that
References be the same version and in the same location. If you're using any
References other than the three basic ones (Visual Basic For Applications,
Microsoft Access 8.0 Object Library and Microsoft DAO 3.51 Object Library),
it's possible that your application could have problems. It's difficult to
resolve References problems with the runtime (since you can't go in and
change References using the runtime)

Check http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
for details
 
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Arvin Meyer

The only problem that I had with references on a runtime is with Windows
2000. On those machines the default systemroot is C:\WINNT instead of
C:\Windows. That problem was solved though by uninstalling, rebooting, then
reinstalling the runtime. Admittedly, I do not use many runtimes, so YMMV.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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Douglas J. Steele

I suspect there won't be problems, but thought it prudent to advise of the
possibility.
 
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