Problem with the Package Wizard

Geoff Convery

Registered User.
Local time
Today, 00:11
Joined
Jul 21, 2006
Messages
33
I have Access 2003 and the Developer Extensions which allow me to package solutions and distribute them with the toll-free run-time set.
When I run my applications on the development PC with the "/runtime" switch the applications work fine but when they are installed on a PC without Access 2003 they install but refuse to default values into forms when new records are created. Since any "child" records need to contain the key of the relevant "parent" record for the database to have any relational structure at all this makes the applications useless. I've searched Microsoft sites until I'm blue in the face and I've asked my support company but I'm not getting any answers. Anybody got any ideas?
 
I think I've sorted this now, I'd just like to leave a note in case it helps anyone else.
It seems that the fact that I have multiple installations of Access on my PC (I have to support Access 97, Access 2000 and Access 2003 applications in my job) caused the problem. It also seems that I will have to rewrite all the affected databases from scratch as importing from the corrupt source code doesn't solve the problem.
I'm lucky in that the problem manifested itself before I got too much work done that I'll have to repeat but be warned!!
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom