William Hindman
wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Mon Dec 1 19:24:17 CST 2003
...seamlessly? ...do you know of any piece of MS software that does anything "seamlessly"? ...just asking ...know the answer :) ...but short of that, yeah ...you can work with an A2K mdb in XP and it will maintain its compatibility ...HTH :) William Hindman Government is not reason, government is not persuasion, government is force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [AccessD] XP developer, Office 97 and a changing OS > William, > > Can you seamlessly work with A2K databases and importantly, libraries? I > would like to move to XP for all development if I can do my A2K development, > compile, compact and send to my A2K clients without any problems. I have my > framework lib to consider as well. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William > Hindman > Sent: 01 December 2003 20:00 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] XP deveoper, Office 97 and a changing OS > > > ...I did it for more than three months while transitioning a client > ...put a shortcut on the desktop for each db that calls the specific > executable path required and you shouldn't have any problems. > > ...of course, the XP runtime has to be installed after the A97 install > else you'll have a mess. > > ...I've upgraded all my clients to WXP/OXP now, all using Access > runtimes ...once you get past the initial learning curve with XP, I much > prefer it over 2K. > > ...no prob with the ODE ...its essentially just a reinstall. > > William Hindman > Government is not reason, government is not persuasion, government is > force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MarkH" <lists at theopg.com> > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 2:41 PM > Subject: RE: [AccessD] XP deveoper, Office 97 and a changing OS > > > > Thanks William > > > > What about running the XP run time next to Office 97 Prof (I should > > have worded my original email better) > > > > Thanks again > > > > mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William > > Hindman > > Sent: 01 December 2003 19:23 > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] XP deveoper, Office 97 and a changing OS > > > > > > ...no, no, no :) > > > > William Hindman > > Government is not reason, government is not persuasion, government is > > force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "MarkH" <lists at theopg.com> > > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 2:05 PM > > Subject: [AccessD] XP deveoper, Office 97 and a changing OS > > > > > > > Hello... > > > > > > Our network is currently running Windows 2000 and Office 97. The IT > > > guys (bless 'em) are planning to upgrade to Windows XP and Office XP > > > > (standard with no Access) sometime next Spring. > > > > > > Our department is, sort of, one step ahead. We are currently > > > developing a couple of applications using Office XP (on a separate > > > laptop) and have just purchased XP Developer with a view to > > > upgrading some older apps as well as develping the new ones. I have > > > 3 question > > > then: > > > > > > 1) Has anyone had problems installing XP developer over 97 > > > professional? Particularly in relation to generating XP runtime > > > installs. > > > > > > 2) Any problems running XP runtime over 97 prof on Win 2000? > > > > > > 3) The tricky one... When the IT guys do upgrade these machines will > > > > there be activation problems when we re-install XP developer? The > > > hardware will not change at all, just the OS. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > mark > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > --- > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com