Function is Not Available . . . error

[L.A. Lawyer]

On one of my computers, I am getting the following error:

"Function is not available in expressionin query expression . . ."

I know as a fact that this is a new error and it is unique to this computer.
It is not an error in the query, but that is where it appears. It must be
an error in the computer or windows itself. I am runing Win 98SE and Access
2000.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Check your references. Open VB window, Tools>References. Since you don't tell
us which function Access is complaining about, it's hard to know what DLL
needs to be included.

 

[L.A. Lawyer]

The functions are the most basic to Access, eg, "InStr" and Iif; nothing
fancy here.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Doesn't matter. References are like apples: one bad one can spoil the whole
bunch.

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 (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)