[AccessD] API calls crashing

Andy Lacey andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Tue Feb 3 14:46:37 CST 2015


Thanks for the thought John. Will see what restore points there are.
Andy

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow
Sent: 03 February 2015 20:00
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Hi Andy,
If you do a system restore to a day when the app worked it should restore
any system files that were changed. Worth a try and if it doesn't work you
can undo it.
HTH
John B

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 9:06 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] API calls crashing

I am totally at a loss on this.
 
My big Access 97 app (I know, I know, but it works) is crashing on one
machine, a machine it has run on for years. I've tracked it down to API
calls. Any time it calls a Kernel32 API it just exits - no message, no
nothing, just closes. Now it's perfectly possible that central ICT here have
installed or updated something overnight which has interfered, in fact I can
only think that must have happened. Question is, what can I do about it?
 
This is a typical api call which crashes out:
 

Private Declare Function apiGetComputerName Lib "Kernel32" Alias _
"GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long

 

I know I could use Environ to get the computer name but that's not the
point.
There are lots of similar calls and they're all failing.

Help please.

Andy

 

 
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