Access 2007...

[gemma-the-husky]

Hi Dave, been a while

I haven't installed Access on this one. I was curious about compatibility but it seems like compatibility isn't an issue. I'll see if I can get it installed, it's a legit copy albeit a bit old

You mean you are getting errors on your old PC then? Has anything changed?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Getting a "runtime error" is sort of a no-symptom symptom. Usually there is a specific number or text associated with the Runtime Error. Knowing the error number and/or text (in full) might give us a hint.

 

[SteveF]

You mean you are getting errors on your old PC then? Has anything changed?

It's errors on the new one which led me to think there might be compatibility issues.

The old PC refused to boot in the end. I have a few databases that ran quite happily on the old machine but not so much on the new one.

I've ordered sn external drive, see if I can get this copy of Access loaded and take it from there. That seems to be the starting point.

 

[Gasman]

It's errors on the new one which led me to think there might be compatibility issues.

The old PC refused to boot in the end. I have a few databases that ran quite happily on the old machine but not so much on the new one.

I've ordered sn external drive, see if I can get this copy of Access loaded and take it from there. That seems to be the starting point.

Don't you have a friend that would just copy the CD to a USB stick for you?

 

[SteveF]

Don't you have a friend that would just copy the CD to a USB stick for you?

Hadn't thought that might work, I assumed it would need the original discs. I'm not brilliant with this stuff

 

[gemma-the-husky]

It's errors on the new one which led me to think there might be compatibility issues.

The old PC refused to boot in the end. I have a few databases that ran quite happily on the old machine but not so much on the new one.

I've ordered sn external drive, see if I can get this copy of Access loaded and take it from there. That seems to be the starting point.

But didn't you say you don't have Access installed on the new PC. (#14) How can you be running an access database?

 

[SteveF]

But didn't you say you don't have Access installed on the new PC. (#14) How can you be running an access database?

Runtime on the new one, that sort of installed itself when I transferred my invoicing package across

 

[gemma-the-husky]

Runtime on the new one, that sort of installed itself when I transferred my invoicing package across

Well runtime will crash instantly on any unhandled error.

If you were getting errors on your old machine that you could recover from, you will not get that opportunity to resolve the problem with run time.

You are OK running well tested apps on run time, but you still really need a development machine available.

 

[Isaac]

Agree with the last post. Runtime apps will crash the app and sometimes give very vague error messages. Your only reasonable way forward is to debug the error using the full version of Access, it's that simple.