Could be that the references are messed up on the PC. If references are
messed up, functions may not work correctly and you can get
that Invalid argument message then, too.
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
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
--
Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>
Rebecca said:
I have been getting Invalid Argument error for the last 3 weeks and trying
different tables. I have imported and linked from ODBC's, I have imported
from text files and all have caused the Invalid Argument error. I was
upgraded to Access 2003 yesterday and now I get the error when I do a Make
Table Query. If i use the same tables and fields and do a Select Query I
don't get the error. I am really frustrated with this "Invalid Argument"
error. What is causing this? Once I get one is seems all queries in the
database using those tables gives the error. Thanks
