Access 2002 ERROR pdf42.ocx llink is broken or missing

[Guest]

Yesterday, I got this message for every database I have in ACCESS. It
apparently involves my use of DATE() in my forms and reports. I went to my
backup computer and every database ran fine. The day before, I had
downloaded and installed updates to Windows Media Player, and I think that
corrupted ACCESS or even OFFICE by destroying the pdf42.ocx file. I tried to
go through the "module" thing to recover, and it was totally
incomprehensible. I uninstalled ACCESS 2002, then reinstalled it. Same
problems. I am dead in the water. How can this be fixed?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Are you using pdf42.ocx anywhere in your databases?

Your References collection is probably messed up.

References problems can be caused by differences in either the location or
file version of certain files between the machine where the application was
developed, and where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the
target machine). Such differences are common when new software is installed.

Open any code module. Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile, available under the Debug
menu), go back in and reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out
of the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just
unselected. (NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete
them, because they'll be in a different order when you go back in)