Reference Frustration - Office versions

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SusanV

Hi all,

At my work we run Office 2000. Recently I had to install Project 2003 on my
PC for a special project. Everything seemed fine - until I added a new
function (using CommandBar) I set the reference on my PC for Office 11.0
Object Library and of course every one else doesn't have Office 11.0 Object
Library, they have Office 9.0 Object Library. I don't have the option on my
PC to choose Office 9.0 Object Library - so I got around it by logging on to
another PC and resetting the reference there, recompiling, re-creating the
MDE, and redistributing it. This was a real pain in the butt for the user,
who had to wait for me to finish up at his desk so he could continue
working.

I was wondering whether there is any way to set my PC up to allow me to
include older library references, rather than having to log into a PC which
has ONLY the older references. Other than Project, all my other Office apps
are still 2000 (9.0)

TIA,

Susan
 
Before someone yell that this is an ACCESS Group, the problem is in Access
development, not Project

;-)

SusanV
 
Try using Late Binding so that you don't need to set a reference at all.

Tony Toews has an introduction to the subject at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/latebinding.htm

(BTW, the answer to your question to your specific question as to whether
it's possible to set your PC up to allow you to include older library
references is "it depends". Some references can be chosen regardless of what
version of Access you're using, but others are specific to the version of
Access)
 
Thanks Doug - I'll look into Tony's article.

In the meantime, to look at the "silver lining" aspect, it's more ammunition
in the fight to upgrade my users to Office 2003

;-)

Susan
 
SusanV said:
Before someone yell that this is an ACCESS Group, the problem is in Access
development, not Project

;-)
Click to expand...

<chuckle> Glad you clarified that.

Tony
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