Date$() does not work after conversion

[Guest]

I have upgraded from Access 97 to Access XP. As a part of it I did the
conversions on my databases. Now I get messages like:

Unknown function ‘Date$’ in Validation Expression or Default Value on
‘Claims.dateRecd’

I have tried deleting the variable and reentering it and putting the
default value back in, but when I go to save, I get the same message.

Originally I was getting a message to the effect that there was an ocx file
(Cfx4032.ocx I beleive but does not come up now with default values gone) so
I assume this has something to do with it, but I can find nothing about that
file. It is not on my system.

Clues or solutions please. I need to get back to work.

Than ks,

Bob Showalter, Packer International
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

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.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, 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 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)