Help me fix this error! "No object in this control"

[comptechbranden]

Problem: Error "There is no object in this control." needs to not come up.

Details:
I have made a database with a front and back end. All the files are in a folder on our server hard drive. When the user opens the front end and the switchboard is supposed to come up I get an error that says "There is no object in this control." I do not even get that working on my computer that I made the database on.

Any thoughts or suggestions on how to fix this. I know it is something simple but I am not sure where to even look to fix this problem.

Thanks.

 

[mhartman]

Hello:

One way that error occurs is when a database is built with an active x control that resides on the design computer, and then the database is transferred to a computer that does not have that particular control registered or installed on it.

Regards
Mark

 

[comptechbranden]

You where right! I had a date and time stamp in there and took it out. Seems to work on another computer I checked.

I never would have thought that because all the computers are supposed to be the same

Thanks a lot man.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

branden, you are going to run into a veritable pot-load of problems because not all computers are alike. Any time you register an Active X control or any support library, you must do it on every machine because those things are REGISTRY functions. And the REGISTRY is machine-specific, even AFTER you installed Office exactly the same way on every machine. Because the contents of the REGISTRY file depend not only on what you did when you loaded up Office but also ANY OTHER PROGRAM that makes registry entries.

Get used to the idea that you are going to have to do a laying of hands on every machine now and then. There are ways to install a missing reference from a program but you run into the problem that VBA code in an environment that is missing a reference doesn't always run correctly.

 

[mhartman]

Hello:

Glad you got it fixed.

Regards
Mark

 

[scuerda]

apologies

apologies for inserting this comment in this thread, but im unable to start a new thread, can any moderator tell me how to get there?

Thanks!

Sergio