Access 2003, 2002

[radmanmm]

Hi All,

I did some initial searching but I am not sure what to search for. I have inherited an access application for maintenance. I am a C# developer by trade so developing code and ui inside the db is kind of weird to me not slamming it, just a little confused with the paradigm. Anyway, I had successfully added functionality to the code base as the per requirements. I made the changes using 2003. No database conversion dialog ever showed so I figured everything was cool. However the client is using 2002 and when they launch it the MDI parent shows the correct title but the form that is opened by default never shows up.

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks.
Bill

 

[RuralGuy]

Not much information to go on. I would recommend the file be in ac2000 format unless you have a real good reason to do otherwise. How are you launching the initial form? AutoExec macro or using the Startup page?

 

[radmanmm]

RuralGuy,

Thanks for the reply, I am not sure if it is ac2000 although the database conversion option allows for conversion to ac97 or ac2002/2003 and the option for ac2000 is greyed out so I have to assume it is ac2000. I don't where else I can varify this. It is using a Startup page.

I also don't know how to start debugging and stepping the code to find out more info. When I was developing it I would add message boxes to specific areas to test values. Kind of cheesed I know but I have very little experience with this kind of development.

 

[RuralGuy]

Your db is in ac2000 format. That's fine and will work for all ac2k+ systems. Unfortunately you may have some bogus MISSING references in the other system causing the strange behavior. Access Reference Problems