[AccessD] Access v2 on XP Find First

Hi Mike and Brett

We are experiencing this scenario as well.

/gustav


> We are running A2 applications here on Win2k machines, and have the same
> problem.
> I just told the users to use the Find Next button (which is hilighted by
> default anyways).
> AFAIK, there is nothing you can change that will fix this.  Nothing is wrong
> with your db or app per se, just a quirk of the 16-bit VM that runs
> MSACCESS.EXE (or MSARN200.EXE), I guess.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Tope [mailto:mike.tope at dsl.pipex.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:52 PM
> To: accessd
> Subject: [AccessD] Access v2 on XP Find First


> Dear All

> I believe there are people on this list who persevere with Access 2 - I've
> hit a little snagette and wonder if anyone else has ?

> In Windows XP with Office XP installed, the user is running Access 2 from a
> file server. The find box (the binoculars button) is failing when you use
> Find First. This is on a primary key field.

> Occasionally it gives a syntax error (no details); more usually it reports
> "Search succeeded" but continues to display the record you started on.

> Using Find Next is a much more effective option that usually achieves the
> required effect (maybe always, if the record truly exists).

> I've tried this same database from the same shortcut in NT and 2000 with
> Office 2000 installed, and both have no problem with Find First. And it has
> worked on Win 95/Office 97 machines for many years.

> I've repaired and compacted. I've fiddled with fields and primary keys to
> remove the index and rebuild it. It remains the case that the XP machines
> can't operate Access 2's Find First in any reliable fashion.

> Any ideas ? Would service packs be relevant ?

> TIA
> Mike Tope