[AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?

William Hindman wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Wed Jun 3 06:38:15 CDT 2009


"I just set up a decompile shortcut in every machine I do development,
kind of as a standard thing.  There if I need it. " jc

...I always assumed everyone did that.

William

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From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:03 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?

> > Why do you need to do decompile (just curious).
>
> Decompile is a tool that, when you need it there is no substitute.  I am 
> amazed that you have
> apparently never used it?  I just set up a decompile shortcut in every 
> machine I do development,
> kind of as a standard thing.  There if I need it.  I cannot count the 
> times that it has solved
> problems in the last 10 years.
>
> > Can you copy the FE to your machine, decompile, and replace?
>
> The server at their office is "my machine" unless you mean my machine at 
> my office, in which case
> yes I could but it is clumsy, and slow.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Rocky Smolin wrote:
>> Why do you need to do decompile (just curious).
>>
>> Can you copy the FE to your machine, decompile, and replace?
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:36 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: [AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?
>>
>> One client has a server running Windows 2003 and SQL Server as a BE to
>> various Access FEs.  I was brought back in to this client because the
>> company that did the conversion from Access BE to SQL Server was not 
>> doing
>> what they said they would do.  Anyway...
>>
>> I use VPN and remote desktop to remote in to the server.  It is my dev
>> machine simply because they do not have another machine to set me up on.
>>
>> My problem is that they installed Office on this thing (I guess), or at
>> least I can use office on this thing but I cannot FIND the actual office
>> install.  In order to get a /decompile going I need to use a shortcut to 
>> the
>> actual Access EXE and then use the /Decompile switch.  Or at least that 
>> is
>> how I know to do it.
>>
>> Since I cannot find the exe on the machine I am unable to do this. 
>> Needless
>> to say, Decompile is rather important.
>>
>> I think what is going on is that the office was made part of a domain 
>> that
>> exists at another office.
>>   As such I am guessing that my user is "virtual" or whatever you call 
>> it,
>> and thus it can use office even though it is actually installed somewhere
>> else, probably in that other office.
>>
>> Has anyone ever run into this?
>>
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