Re: Access 2003 and Access 2007 on same machine

On Aug 12, 6:29 am, "Rick Brandt" <rickbran...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Salad wrote:
I have Office 2007 but I haven't installed it. In the past 2-3 weeks
I've read so many threads about bugs it gives me pause.

Thanks for the heads up. I have a potential client that has Office
2007, with Access, installed. My app is in 2003. I'm not sure how
happy he'll be with the situation you described.

This is a developer's problem, not a user's problem. The correct thing to do as
a developer is give them your app in a version that works for them without
introducing these issues. If that means you need to own multiple versions of
Access with the capability to distribute multiple versions of the runtime then
that is what you should do.

Developers who only deliver in their one preferred version (not saying that this
applies to you) have a hobby, not a profession.

--
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

Rick,

I have read your posts over the years, and I respect your knowledge. I
figure if you are unaware of a work-around for this problem, then
there probably isn't one. :-(

The more I think about it, the more absurd this seems. At least I know
now that I am not alone. I thought I was missing some obvious
solution.

I just had a thought. I wonder if it would be possible to build a
small VB app that would recognize the title bar of the install dialog
box, then kill the process. Maybe that would hose up the Access
loading process, I don't know. I know enough VB6 to give it a go, but
perhaps I'm way off base with the idea.

Dennis

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