Dat() function problem

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Ian Davies

Dear Access expert

I am trying to use an mde application developed in Access2k with Access
2002. I get an Access error box: Function is not available.. Date() etc.
Is Access 2002 back compatible if so how do I work around this date function
problem?

Ian
 
Sounds as if there is a references problem because you've gone from ACCESS
2000 to ACCESS 2002.

Try following these steps (from a post by Douglas Steele, MVP):

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
ttp://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
 
Thank you for the help

Are these missing refs specific to the database or Access as a whole. Can
the missing refs be resolved from any Database or only from an mdb of the
one with the problem.
The reason I ask is that I only want the user to have the mde not the mdb or
an I going to have to take a trip and visit the users pc?

Ian
 
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