Access functions not available on re-install

[John Smith]

My wife is coding an Access 97 app. She's a newbie to Access and programming
in general, while I don't want to know anything about Access.

Last night she asked me to uninstall Office 97 SR-2 because she wanted me to
install Office XP so she could 'upgrade' her Access app. Being the good
husband that I am, I instantly complied with her request. No sooner than I
had uninstalled 97, she had second thoughts and wanted me to reinstall
Office 97 because, she reasoned, that she wanted both Office 97 and Office
XP installed on the same machine.

The original Office 97 install was in the default directory \program
files\Microsoft\Office. When I reinstalled Office 97, I did the install into
\program files\microsoft\Office97. I have not yet installed Office XP.

When I finished the re-install of Office 97, I asked my wife to test her app
to make sure everything was working correctly before I installed Office XP.
She began to test her app and found some things were broken.

She now gets the following errors on queries, whereas before when working
with the original Office 97 install none of these errors occurred:

Function isn't available in expressions in query expression 'Format(Now(),
"yyyy")
or
Function isn't available in expressions in query expression 'Format([field],
"mm")
or
Function isn't available in expressions in query expression
'Format(

.[field], "mmmm")

where the actual values of table and field names are supplied.



1) Any idea why it worked with the original install and not with the
re-install of Office 97?

2) Should I have re-installed in the default directory rather than doing the
re-install in ...\Office97?

3) Anything else to look for?

TIA

 

[Adam Orden]

1. I wonder why your wife isn't posting messages instead of someone who
doesn't know anything about access.
2. You need to check that all references are checked and that none are
missing...if you don't know how to do this,,,look in help.
3. sometimes the Hatten.ttf font (which Office 97) uses, screws up installs,
you need to change it to hatten.bak and do the installs, then change it
back.
4. always install MS Apps in the correct order. i.e. 97 >> 2000 >>>2002
If you don't do this it is likely they will not work correct.y.
5. Just doing control panel ....remove software...remove Office 97 Wont do
it. You need to acdtually remove all the directories and registry entries.
Look in the MS Knowledge base on how to do this.

My wife is coding an Access 97 app. She's a newbie to Access and programming
in general, while I don't want to know anything about Access.

Last night she asked me to uninstall Office 97 SR-2 because she wanted me to
install Office XP so she could 'upgrade' her Access app. Being the good
husband that I am, I instantly complied with her request. No sooner than I
had uninstalled 97, she had second thoughts and wanted me to reinstall
Office 97 because, she reasoned, that she wanted both Office 97 and Office
XP installed on the same machine.

The original Office 97 install was in the default directory \program
files\Microsoft\Office. When I reinstalled Office 97, I did the install into
\program files\microsoft\Office97. I have not yet installed Office XP.

When I finished the re-install of Office 97, I asked my wife to test her app
to make sure everything was working correctly before I installed Office XP.
She began to test her app and found some things were broken.

She now gets the following errors on queries, whereas before when working
with the original Office 97 install none of these errors occurred:

Function isn't available in expressions in query expression 'Format(Now(),
"yyyy")
or
Function isn't available in expressions in query expression 'Format([field],
"mm")
or
Function isn't available in expressions in query expression
'Format(

.[field], "mmmm")

where the actual values of table and field names are supplied.



1) Any idea why it worked with the original install and not with the
re-install of Office 97?

2) Should I have re-installed in the default directory rather than doing the
re-install in ...\Office97?

3) Anything else to look for?

TIA

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Your references are probably messed up.

This 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.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). 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 All Modules), 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)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html


--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP

(No private e-mails, please)

My wife is coding an Access 97 app. She's a newbie to Access and programming
in general, while I don't want to know anything about Access.

Last night she asked me to uninstall Office 97 SR-2 because she wanted me to
install Office XP so she could 'upgrade' her Access app. Being the good
husband that I am, I instantly complied with her request. No sooner than I
had uninstalled 97, she had second thoughts and wanted me to reinstall
Office 97 because, she reasoned, that she wanted both Office 97 and Office
XP installed on the same machine.

The original Office 97 install was in the default directory \program
files\Microsoft\Office. When I reinstalled Office 97, I did the install into
\program files\microsoft\Office97. I have not yet installed Office XP.

When I finished the re-install of Office 97, I asked my wife to test her app
to make sure everything was working correctly before I installed Office XP.
She began to test her app and found some things were broken.

She now gets the following errors on queries, whereas before when working
with the original Office 97 install none of these errors occurred:

Function isn't available in expressions in query expression 'Format(Now(),
"yyyy")
or
Function isn't available in expressions in query expression 'Format([field],
"mm")
or
Function isn't available in expressions in query expression
'Format(

.[field], "mmmm")

where the actual values of table and field names are supplied.



1) Any idea why it worked with the original install and not with the
re-install of Office 97?

2) Should I have re-installed in the default directory rather than doing the
re-install in ...\Office97?

3) Anything else to look for?

TIA

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

While things often will work better installing in chronological order, as
you suggest in point 4, it isn't necessary. In fact, fellow MVP Tony Toews
posted earlier today "I've done the reverse or mixed up order several times
and have had
only the well known A97 license problem."