Runtime Error

[psaaccess]

Hi,In our company we are using the Novell client Windows XP and the MS Access 2000 databases. We created Application Launchers and we've been adding access 2000 database shortcuts into the Launchers. We installed the MS Access 2000 & MS Access 97 runtime for users. The Launcher is pointing to the access 97 database table. Until now it worked well without any problems. We are migrating the Group wise email to an Outlook email. We are getting the 2003 outlook Micro soft standard. When we install the outlook 2003, it is wiping out the MS Access 2000 software. Some computers are opening Launchers. Some computers give this statement: Jet VBA file (VBAJET.dll for 16-bit versions or VBAJET32.dll for 32-bit versions...... and it doesn't open any applications. All launcher's codes are in Visual Basic.If I install Msaccess 2000 on Outlook installed computers, Is it open Ms Access 2000 applications(mde)?Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[jrbarnett]

I am assuming your Outlook is part of MS Office, and this installation is set as an upgrade rather than coexisting alongside the runtimes, and it is therefore upgrading anything pre 2003. As there is no Access in Office 2003 standard Edn, this is being uninstalled.

You need to be sure a custom install is done that keeps the existing software installed, rather than relying on the defaults. You should be able to script this to run as an application launcher icon to ensure consistency.

If you have sufficient Access licenses though, I would migrate everybody to Access 2000 and move away from the 97 runtime if possible, for the sake of consistency and differences in the 2000 and 97 file formats (mdb and mde).

John