[AccessD] Upgrading to Access 2002 from A2K

Mark Whittinghill mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com
Wed May 7 14:33:04 CDT 2003


That was my plan, to set default to A2K.  I didn't know that about the
decompiling.  If I build an app in AXP/A2K default then distribute it to A2K
users, will there be any troubles with references or anything?

Mark Whittinghill
Symphony Information Services
612-333-1311
mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Waters" <dwaters at usinternet.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:29 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Upgrading to Access 2002 from A2K


> Mark,
>
> There is a recognized bug in AXP that prevents decompiling an mdb.
However,
> if you set the mdb format to A2K when you develop in AXP, you will still
be
> able to decompile.  You can choose A2K to be the Default File Format in
> Tools | Options - Advanced before creating a new database.
>
> Other than that, I am pretty satisfied with AXP.  I've had an occasional
> crash, but nothing I would consider a problem.  I am, however, an avid
> control-s guy!
>
> Dan Waters
> Quality Process Solutions
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Whittinghill
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:51 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Upgrading to Access 2002 from A2K
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>   Recently my computer died due to power source failure, though I was able
> to recover files later.  I was due to upgrade my computer here anyway, so
I
> now have a new computer with Windows XP, the old one was Windows 2000.  We
> have yet to do any work in Access 2002.  Some of our clients use that, but
> we just send Access 2000 versions.
>
>   I never used to have problems with Access 2000, though I have read many
> posts from people who had.  Now that I have Windows XP,  I am having
crashes
> all the time, with the "Send Error Report"  dialog box.  Twice in the last
> couple weeks I have had things get corrupted so bad that I just had to
> restore my file from an earlier version and flush my work for the day down
> the toilet.  Based on what I am hearing of Access 2002, I am thinking that
I
> should just upgrade to that, even though I work in 2000 file format.  Are
> there any downsides to doing that?  Thanks for any advice.
>
> Mark Whittinghill
> Symphony Information Services
> 612-333-1311
> mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com
>
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