Office 97 macro doesn't work

G

Guest

Hello all!
I've just aquired new computers (Windows Vista Business installed) for the
company I work for. We have some applications that only run on office 97.
Such applications use visual basic macros to run. I'm experiencing some
problems with vba for office 97, like unloaded modules and so on.
Does anybody here knows a good way to solve my problem?

Thank you guys,

Hidetoshi
 
P

Peter Foldes

Hidetoshi

I would not even bother. Update to Office 2003 or 2007 which are supported under Vista
 
A

Andrew McLaren

Hi Hidetoshi,

As described in this Knowledgebase article, Office 2000, Office XP, Office
2003 and Office 2007 are the only versons of Office supported on Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087
Office 97 is not supported on Windows Vista.

As described her, all support for Office 97 ended in February 2002:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=2507

A workaround would be to use Virtual PC. This is a free download from
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
Thi slest you run a Windows 98 or Windows XP "virtual" PC, in a window on
your Vista Desktop. You can run your Office 97 applications on Win98 or Xp
in the virtual PC, where they should continue to run like they do today.
This way you won't need to dual-boot XP, just to use your old Office 97 app.

Hope it helps,
 
G

Guest

Hi Mr Harper,
Thank you very much for replying.
-I know it's very strange an environment with Vista + Office 97, but the
application we use, doesn't work on newer versions of Office.
If you know any way to make visual basic of Office 97 work on Vista, please
let me know.

Regards,
Hidetoshi

Richard G. Harper said:
Time to update your macros and utilities for a more current, supported
version of Office, I'd say.

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Hidetoshi Junior said:
Hello all!
I've just aquired new computers (Windows Vista Business installed) for the
company I work for. We have some applications that only run on office 97.
Such applications use visual basic macros to run. I'm experiencing some
problems with vba for office 97, like unloaded modules and so on.
Does anybody here knows a good way to solve my problem?

Thank you guys,

Hidetoshi
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W

...winston

Mr Hidetoshi,
I don't think that is capable, at best you might be able to convert an Office97 macro/vba code to run on Office 2003 installed on Win2K or WinXP machine(be it Excel, Word or Access..you've not mentioned the Office software in use) but even then some rewriting of the macro or vba code might be required. Then and only then with those files and Office 2003 on Vista should it be attempted with any chance of success.

Good luck...or consider moving back to XP or Win2K which can run Office97.

....winston

: Hi Mr Harper,
: Thank you very much for replying.
: -I know it's very strange an environment with Vista + Office 97, but the
: application we use, doesn't work on newer versions of Office.
: If you know any way to make visual basic of Office 97 work on Vista, please
: let me know.
:
: Regards,
: Hidetoshi
:
: "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
:
: > Time to update your macros and utilities for a more current, supported
: > version of Office, I'd say.
: >
: > --
: > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
: > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
: > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
: > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
: > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
: >
: >
: > message : > > Hello all!
: > > I've just aquired new computers (Windows Vista Business installed) for the
: > > company I work for. We have some applications that only run on office 97.
: > > Such applications use visual basic macros to run. I'm experiencing some
: > > problems with vba for office 97, like unloaded modules and so on.
: > > Does anybody here knows a good way to solve my problem?
: > >
: > > Thank you guys,
: > >
: > > Hidetoshi
: >
: >
 
M

Mike Mueller

You aren't the only one in that strange enviroment, I still get to work with
Access 2.0 databases.

All of what I do is now in Access 2007, and quite a bit of code has been
redone. It is definately worth it- just the PDF add-in from MS for Office
2007 makes my life easier, as it saves about 5 minutes of time compared to
the old version printing to Acrobat.




Mr Hidetoshi,
I don't think that is capable, at best you might be able to convert an
Office97 macro/vba code to run on Office 2003 installed on Win2K or WinXP
machine(be it Excel, Word or Access..you've not mentioned the Office
software in use) but even then some rewriting of the macro or vba code might
be required. Then and only then with those files and Office 2003 on Vista
should it be attempted with any chance of success.

Good luck...or consider moving back to XP or Win2K which can run Office97.

....winston

message : Hi Mr Harper,
: Thank you very much for replying.
: -I know it's very strange an environment with Vista + Office 97, but the
: application we use, doesn't work on newer versions of Office.
: If you know any way to make visual basic of Office 97 work on Vista,
please
: let me know.
:
: Regards,
: Hidetoshi
:
: "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
:
: > Time to update your macros and utilities for a more current, supported
: > version of Office, I'd say.
: >
: > --
: > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
: > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
: > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
: > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
: > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
: >
: >
: > message : > > Hello all!
: > > I've just aquired new computers (Windows Vista Business installed) for
the
: > > company I work for. We have some applications that only run on office
97.
: > > Such applications use visual basic macros to run. I'm experiencing
some
: > > problems with vba for office 97, like unloaded modules and so on.
: > > Does anybody here knows a good way to solve my problem?
: > >
: > > Thank you guys,
: > >
: > > Hidetoshi
: >
: >
 
G

Guest

Hi folks! I've just installed Office 2003 and my application that requires
word macros to run still have the same problem.
I suppose it's a problem with Vista, because I know that the application
works on XP + 97, XP + 2K or XP + 2003.
Does anybody here have any tips about my problem.

Thank you again!

Mike Mueller said:
You aren't the only one in that strange enviroment, I still get to work with
Access 2.0 databases.

All of what I do is now in Access 2007, and quite a bit of code has been
redone. It is definately worth it- just the PDF add-in from MS for Office
2007 makes my life easier, as it saves about 5 minutes of time compared to
the old version printing to Acrobat.




Mr Hidetoshi,
I don't think that is capable, at best you might be able to convert an
Office97 macro/vba code to run on Office 2003 installed on Win2K or WinXP
machine(be it Excel, Word or Access..you've not mentioned the Office
software in use) but even then some rewriting of the macro or vba code might
be required. Then and only then with those files and Office 2003 on Vista
should it be attempted with any chance of success.

Good luck...or consider moving back to XP or Win2K which can run Office97.

....winston

message : Hi Mr Harper,
: Thank you very much for replying.
: -I know it's very strange an environment with Vista + Office 97, but the
: application we use, doesn't work on newer versions of Office.
: If you know any way to make visual basic of Office 97 work on Vista,
please
: let me know.
:
: Regards,
: Hidetoshi
:
: "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
:
: > Time to update your macros and utilities for a more current, supported
: > version of Office, I'd say.
: >
: > --
: > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
: > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
: > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
: > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
: > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
: >
: >
: > message : > > Hello all!
: > > I've just aquired new computers (Windows Vista Business installed) for
the
: > > company I work for. We have some applications that only run on office
97.
: > > Such applications use visual basic macros to run. I'm experiencing
some
: > > problems with vba for office 97, like unloaded modules and so on.
: > > Does anybody here knows a good way to solve my problem?
: > >
: > > Thank you guys,
: > >
: > > Hidetoshi
: >
: >
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