[AccessD] Form doesn't work on new laptop

This is WAY off the cuff, a complete WAG.  Laptops, by their nature, are
designed to have multiple monitors (the laptop screen, and then a possible
external monitor).  Sometimes the second monitor is just a mirror of the
main monitor, but other times, it can be a 'second' monitor, effectively
doubling the width of the desktop.

I bring this up, because I have seen combo boxes do WIERD things when used
on a multiple monitor system.  Quite frankly, I've seen it mostly in Access
97, but wouldn't be surprised to see it in 2000.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: Dwylene Garcia [mailto:garciad at kentri.org]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:45 PM
To: accessD at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Form doesn't work on new laptop


I have an odd problem that has managed to stump several IT people.  We
are on the verge of giving up but I thought I would make an attempt to
ask this group if anyone has seen such a problem.

I have a fairly complicated form (one-to-many-to-many relationship,
Main form with two subform, one subform filters the other subform) and
this form has worked for 2 years and still does work on every desktop in
our office.  However, one employee received a new laptop this week
running Windows 2000, Office XP and Access 2000 (the same as all the
desktops) and the database opens and it appears that the less
complicated forms work fine but this one form which is the main form
used will not populate the subforms correctly.  It recognizes there are
records but it won't show them in the combo box... I have found this
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;208866&Product=acc20
00
in the knowledge base that seems to restate the problem exactly.
However, I'm looking for a solution that does not involve altering my
form since it does work on the desktop computers.   Why will it work on
a desktop and not a laptop???? 

I don't have time to alter the database to make it work on this one
laptop when 7 other desktop computers run the database fine.  I'm
wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this and I'm hoping that
it's something silly that I overlooked while troubleshooting.  I think
we have hit all the obvious troubleshooting points like reinstalling MS
Office, I took the database off the network and tried to run from the
C:/.  When it first happened we received an error "Object invalid or no
longer set.", that error is not showing up now.  



Dwylene Garcia
Computer Applications Trainer
Kent Hospital, Department of Education
Email: garciad at kenthospital.org
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