Albert D. Kallal's Merge and Vista

[biganthony]

Hello,

I have used Albert Kallal's mail merge module and coding successfully on Win
XP. I have an mde installed to C:\Program Files\NameofApplication. Under the
application folder I have the Word folder with the merge.888 file and one
sample template file. These are installed when the application gets installed.
The system is working well on XP, but when I attempt to create a new template
in the word template form in the application on Vista Business, I get an
error message saying the file cannot be created and to check if the disk is
write-protected etc.

Is this problem caused by Vista not allowing me to create a document file
under the Program Files folder? ie, C:\Program Files\NameofApplication\Word\
doc1.doc?

Would anyone know how I can overcome this? Do I have to move the Word folder
to a location otuside of the Program Files folder?

Thanks,
Anthony

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

The problem is that on Vista, VERY often the program directory are now READ
ONLY....

That means that programs (and viruses) can't write to program dir anymore,
and "overwrite" or "modify" your installed programs. This is a good thing!!

I would suggest you avoid the program dir from now on in cases were data
needs to be written out.

That means moving your install dir to something like:

c:\MyApplication\

or using something like:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Custmailing\CustomersMailingList.mde

-
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
(e-mail address removed)

 

[biganthony via AccessMonster.com]

Thanks for replying Albert.

I will change my install location.
Anthony