[AccessD] Office97 SP2b

Yea, I know all that.  I haven't used A97 in several years, but now have a
single client that still uses it.  I am trying to avoid the agony of
uninstall / re-install.  In fact I'm thinking of simply doing an import,
then export back to A97 before shipping.

The reason this is even coming up is that I am getting a page fault on a
specific line of code in the BEU Updater running in A97 in this db.  I
figure it is probably SP related.  SR-1 didn't fix it unfortunately.  SP2
won't install.  I haven't yet tried import to A2K to see if the page fault
still exists though I strongly doubt it as I use the BEU in A2K and have
never experienced this in A2K.

I have also experienced page faults in A97 where a single line of code had
something embedded in it that caused page faults.  I could remove the line
and type it in again and the page fault went away.  Something like a hidden
character?  Anyway, I have the page fault down to a specific line of code
and will investigate further.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Wortz, Charles
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:37 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Office97 SP2b


John,

The safest way to install multiple versions of Office on one machine is
to start with the oldest first and work your way through to the newest.
Thus it follows that the safest way to install SPs on older versions is
to uninstall all newer versions of Office, install the SP, and then
reinstall the newer versions.

Charles Wortz
Software Development Division
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701-1494
512-463-9493
CWortz at tea.state.tx.us



-----Original Message-----
From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
Sent: Monday 2003 Aug 18 20:56
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] Office97 SP2b

Folks,

I'm trying to apply SP2b to Office97 and it won't go.  It says "multiple
versions of office apparently installed".  True.  "Call tech support".
Fat chance.

Does anyone know if it is possible to apply this service pack to my
machine where I also have Office2K installed?

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com
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