Broken References

[Guest]

I have an end user whose References keep breaking. I suspect that it's
because of occasional updates to his system.

Is there a way to explicitly declare the references? If so, do those
declarations need to be in every form?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Allen Browne]

Peter, it is impratical to try to programmatically fix the references using
code in an Access database where the references are broken. See michka's
article:
How to guarantee that references will work in your applications
at:
http://www.trigeminal.com/usenet/usenet026.asp?1033

The most practical solution is to use as few references as possible, so
there are fewer to break. Most databases can be designed to use just 3.

 

[Tony Toews]

I have an end user whose References keep breaking. I suspect that it's
because of occasional updates to his system.

To expand on Allen's reply I suspect you have some extra references
which you don't need but are somehow present on your system but not on
that particular end users system . Or you may be using some OCXs
which aren't on that persons system.

Do you have any references besides the basic three? Are you sure you
need them? Write down the path and name of the extra ones, delete
from the references list and Compile and Save All. Keep any
necessary references and ensure they are distributed to the target
system.

For a very detailed page on reference problems see
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html

Ctrl+G will take you into the Debug/Immediate window. Then click on
Tools on the menu bar and References.

The Access 2000 default references are:
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Access 9.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library
or
Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library

The Access 2002 default references when the MDB is created in Access
2000 format are:
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Access 10.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library

The Access 2002 default references when the MDB is created in Access
2002 format are:
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Access 10.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.5 Library.

The Access 2003 default references when the MDB is in A2000 format are
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Access 11.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library

The Access 2003 default references when the MDB is in A2002/A2003
format are
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Access 11.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.5 Library
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