[AccessD] API calls crashing

There's a thought :-(
 

> On 03 February 2015 at 15:57 RANDALL R ANTHONY <RRANTHON at sentara.com> wrote:
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>
> Andy,
> Could have been a corrupt/bad M$ update, all things being equal....
>
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 10:52 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] API calls crashing
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> Thanks Gustav. Was rather hoping to avoid that. If possible I'd like to
> understand why, what might cause the problem, in case this happens again.
>
>
> > On 03 February 2015 at 15:30 Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Andy
> >
> > If the application runs on other (similar) machines, the error should
> > be found in the OS install.
> >
> > If you can't find out what - I guess you can't - request a reinstall
> > of that machine.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
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> > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Andy Lacey
> > Sendt: 3. februar 2015 16:06
> > Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Emne: [AccessD] API calls crashing
> >
> > I am totally at a loss on this.
> >
> > My big Access 97 app (I know, I know, but it works) is crashing on one
> > machine, a machine it has run on for years. I've tracked it down to API
> > calls.
> > Any time it calls a Kernel32 API it just exits - no message, no
> > nothing, just closes. Now it's perfectly possible that central ICT
> > here have installed or updated something overnight which has
> > interfered, in fact I can only think that must have happened. Question is,
> > what can I do about it?
> >
> > This is a typical api call which crashes out:
> >
> > Private Declare Function apiGetComputerName Lib "Kernel32" Alias _
> > "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long
> >
> > I know I could use Environ to get the computer name but that's not the
> > point.
> > There are lots of similar calls and they're all failing.
> >
> > Help please.
> >
> > Andy
> >
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