Re: Periodic prompt to Convert database

Hi.

How can a "workstation be configured so that
both versions of Access can co-exist in harmony" ? Is this a setting
within one of the versions of Access?

The "configuration" is mostly how the multiple versions of Microsoft Office
are installed. Microsoft recommends not installing multiple versions of
Office on the same computer, so it will never be "some setting" that can be
changed to get the multiple versions to work together without stepping on
each other.

Basically, the versions need to be installed in the order of manufacturer's
release, i.e., Office 97 was released by Microsoft before Office 2003, so
Office 97 should be installed first, then Office 2003. Your customer lucked
out here.

The versions must be installed in separate directories, without allowing the
installer to remove the earlier versions. Your customer may have lucked out
here, too, but your description doesn't prove or disprove whether the Access
97 Runtime version is still installed.

The versions must not be allowed to re-register themselves whenever one
version of an Office application is opened after the other version was
opened. This can manifest itself with either a significant delay when
opening the application or by displaying the message, "Please wait while
Microsoft Office <version> installs ...." Access 97 is particularly bad
about this. This is a very annoying problem when User-level security has
been implemented, because when switching back and forth between versions of
Access, the user will will be joined to the default workgroup, regardless of
whether or not the user was joined to a secure workgroup the last time that
version of Access was opened.

If the versions aren't re-registering themselves, then the last version
installed will, by default, open a file whenever it's double-clicked, so if
this isn't the desired behavior (and it isn't in your customer's case),
further configuration needs to be done to get the earlier version to open
the file. Or a third-party utility for detecting the file version prior to
opening the file can be installed, or the right-click pop-up menu can be
configured to allow user selection from the multiple versions of Office
applications to open the file.

Most computer users don't want to pay an IT expert to do any of this
configuring, but they aren't savvy enough to configure it successfully
themselves, so the Windows shortcut method I suggested earlier is a viable
alternative that works regardless of whether or not they've configured the
workstation to work with both versions of Access.

HTH.
Gunny

See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials.
http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact
info.


<melickas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1148559543.143484.291550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wow, a 69 Camaro...sweet!

Thank you for the reply. How can a "workstation be configured so that
both versions of Access can co-exist in harmony" ? Is this a setting
within one of the versions of Access?

Thank you again!



.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: SBS 2003 Premium Sharepoint Services 3.0 update with SQL 2005
    ... Please contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. ... Technologies Configuration Wizard." ... Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a Server Running Windows ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: ServiceModelReg fails in installation of WCF
    ... Do you/did you have beta WCF software installed on the machine? ... I have tried installing WCF ... Reinstalling configuration section system.runtime.serialization to c: ... streamName, Boolean success, Object writeContext, Boolean ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework)
  • Apprehensive about re-installing SBSMonitoring
    ... Configuration Wizard again. ... In the midst of doing that server tools re-install, ... "Windows ConfigurationSetup must ensure the operating system is ... "Installing and configuring Active Directory. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Configuration DB
    ... If you're lazy, go back to Windows. ... > Tired of making choices during installing and configuration, ... I've never had the need to reinstall Debian to fix a broken ...
    (Debian-User)
  • Re: Multiple versions of Office
    ... Office automation when multiple versions of Office are installed ... We do not recommend installing multiple versions of Office in one computer, ... Microsoft Online Community Support ... where an initial response from the community or a Microsoft Support ...
    (microsoft.public.vsnet.general)