Acc 97 runtime and sr-2 patch

[Andrey]

Hello,
I've installed the 97 runtime, on a second computer. For for my full
version of 97 office / Access 97 I had to apply the sr-2 patch.
When I try to apply the patch for the runtime, the patch does not find
office, so will not upadte the 97 runtime msaccess.exe.
There is a version difference between the two.
I thought I could always just copy my updated 97 msaccess.exe and replace
the runtime, but would I be missing other files which may have been
updated or added?
I will also need to apply the jet351 patch, does anyone know of similar
restrictions or is the jet patch all I need to apply, and not the sr-2
for the runtime?
Any help in sorting this out greatly appreciated!
Andrey

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hello,
I've installed the 97 runtime, on a second computer. For for my full
version of 97 office / Access 97 I had to apply the sr-2 patch.
When I try to apply the patch for the runtime, the patch does not find
office, so will not upadte the 97 runtime msaccess.exe.
There is a version difference between the two.
I thought I could always just copy my updated 97 msaccess.exe and
replace the runtime, but would I be missing other files which may
have been updated or added?
I will also need to apply the jet351 patch, does anyone know of
similar restrictions or is the jet patch all I need to apply, and not
the sr-2 for the runtime?
Any help in sorting this out greatly appreciated!
Andrey

If you create a runtime installation package on a PC with SR2 applied the
resulting runtime will have SR2 applied. Access 97 was unique in this regard (I
think) in that it used your regular Office support files to create the runtime
so any patching you did to Office was automatically propagated to any runtime
packages you create.

If you previously created runtime installations without SR2 I expect you would
have to create a new version of that setup packeage WITH SR2 and then install
that over the other runtime.

Also to be considered is that Windows 98 SR2 and newer pretty much destroyed the
ability to apply the orginally released copy of the Office SR2 package. Some
files that the Office update expects to replace are found to be already updated
(by Windows) so the package won't run being fooled into thinking the PC already
has Office SR2 on it.

I went round and round with MS on this a few years ago and they ended up sending
me a new Office 97 disk with SR2 already applied because the separate SR2 update
simply could not be made to work.

 

[Andrey]

Hello Rick,
Thanks for the info it helps confirm what would seem logical, but with
the ODE and zillions of related MS files...

Just out of interest, any idea as to whether the jet351 update affects
only the jet files (dll's, etc) or actually does anything to
msaccess.exe, too?

Thanks,
Andrey

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

If you create a runtime installation package on a PC with SR2 applied the
resulting runtime will have SR2 applied. Access 97 was unique in this regard (I
think) in that it used your regular Office support files to create the runtime
so any patching you did to Office was automatically propagated to any runtime
packages you create.

Yes, A97 was unique in that respect. Although A95 might've been the
same I never really used it. A2000 certainly doesn't.

Tony
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[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Just out of interest, any idea as to whether the jet351 update affects
only the jet files (dll's, etc) or actually does anything to
msaccess.exe, too?

Only the jet files. See Updated version of Microsoft Jet 3.5
available for download
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172733

Tony
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