[AccessD] XP developer, Office 97 and a changing OS

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
> > >
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