Recent content by Algis Kuliukas

Access Compact often fails under Vista Another great leap forward that Vista has given us (excuse the sarcasm) is that it sometimes (but, even more frustratingly, not always) decides to intervene - after about 3 microseconds - when you are trying to do some standard task in Office with the...

I tried running as administrator and I tried running Access in Windows XP compatibility mode. It still doesn't show charts without double clicking on them. Did anyone test this 7 gazillion dollar programme before it went live, or did they assume that no-one uses charts in Access? Algis Kuliukas

Thanks Bob, but this didn't help. I log in as administrattor anyway. It's MS Chart, I think, that's the problem. I wonder if there's a way of configuring the Chart applet to run as administrator or something. All the best Algis Kuliukas

PS I also have a problem with Access 2003 apps running in Vista. The charts do not display unless you <doubleClick> them but that launches the Chart applet which is often a pain to then extracate one's self from. Why do they have to mess things up every time? Algis Kuliukas

Thanks Bob. I hope you're right. Do you have any advice on moving to 2003 apps to Access 2007. I use customised toolbars and menus extensively but they don't work in 2007 unless you use the rather clumsy Add-Ins menu. Why did they have to throw the spanner into this beautifully simple and...

If you are leaving MS Access, what are you going to? .Net? I hate the way Microsoft appear to be pulling the plug on Access. It's one of the most productive development environments ever and they should be putting more R & D into it as a web site rapid development platform not forcing...