Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-03 Thread Larry Sacks
RV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem is this all one integrated file? or a set of separate files with different extensions? by the way, i have never used axes. At 04:30 PM 10/3/2008, you wrote: >The entire file is about 8mb... > >How would I go about seeing how big the

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-03 Thread gerald
-Original Message- >From: Computer Guys Discussion List >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gerald >Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:55 AM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem > >how big is the database portion of

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-03 Thread Larry Sacks
: [CGUYS] MS Access problem how big is the database portion of this file, and how big is the whole file? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-03 Thread gerald
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Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-03 Thread Larry Sacks
I'll give your ideas a try... Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:59 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem I've had

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-03 Thread Larry Sacks
Answers inline below >Have you tried running the application on a PC without ANY version of >Office installed? Yes. But it doesn't work since it's a database (.mdb) file and it looks for a program associated with that. >If the application runs w/o Office installed try >running the appli

Re: [CGUYS] MS access problem

2008-10-03 Thread Michael Drabick
dmin and domain admin. Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold Kee Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:47 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] MS access problem Hello all: I believe that opening a runt

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem Didn't you just say you can open it on his old machine? Then can't you just export it as a csv? On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been through the MS newsgroups, but I'l

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Howard Wall
Have you tried running the application on a PC without ANY version of Office installed? If the application runs w/o Office installed try running the application after installing all MS Office applications EXCEPT MS Access. If that works then you can either: 1. Leave the system set up withou

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Tony B
Well, if you can't find an export function, maybe just print the darn thing out and scan it back in? I dunno what else to suggest. On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can open it on his old system *BUT* not by going directly into MS > Access 2000. If I try

Re: [CGUYS] MS access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Larry Sacks
in. Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold Kee Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:47 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] MS access problem Hello all: I believe that opening a runtime application

[CGUYS] MS access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: I believe that opening a runtime application will be successful if the underlying code of the runtime application is compatible with the version of access trying to open it. But the best chance I believe is to open the latest version of access possible and then to point to the mdb fi

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Larry Sacks
. and there's no menu listed to export the data either. Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:07 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem Didn&

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Tony B
Didn't you just say you can open it on his old machine? Then can't you just export it as a csv? On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been through the MS newsgroups, but I'll wade through them again. > The solutions that sound plausible involve getting the

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Larry Sacks
d it doesn't work. Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:35 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem Try the MS newsgroups. You can't be

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Tony B
Try the MS newsgroups. You can't be the first to have the problem. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx Send me the mdb file and I'll try it. Worse that can happen is I'll get the same error. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope.

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Sacks
so recipients of the program didn't have to have Access installed. Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:49 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Sacks
-Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rev. Stewart Marshall Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:30 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem Dumb question. Can he send it to someone with O

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Tony B
Perhaps the mdb is corrupted, but that error sounds like a red herring. You sure you weren't trying to open the shortcut? I just opened one of our old .mdb's in Access 2007 with no trouble. But oddly, now it shows a modified date of today, even though I didn't save or change anything. On Wed, Oc

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
t: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem Can you get a copy of MS Access 2003? Stewart At 04:51 PM 10/1/2008, you wrote: >The only fixes I can find on the MS Knowledge base is to run the version >of Access that created the folder and then go to Tools/Security and do >some stuff there... >

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Sacks
f Rev. Stewart Marshall Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:59 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem Can you get a copy of MS Access 2003? Stewart At 04:51 PM 10/1/2008, you wrote: >The only fixes I can find on the MS Knowledge base is to run the version &g

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rev. Stewart Marshall Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:31 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem There is a work around for this I think I heard about this from someone else. Check MS knowledge base

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Sacks
: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:31 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem There is a work around for this I think I heard about this from someone else. Check MS knowledge base and see if they have a fix for it. Stewart At 04:07 PM 10/1/2008, you wrote: >

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
There is a work around for this I think I heard about this from someone else. Check MS knowledge base and see if they have a fix for it. Stewart At 04:07 PM 10/1/2008, you wrote: UhI already went down that path before... When I try to open it in Access 2007, I get "You do not have the ne

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Sacks
--Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:28 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem You should have no trouble opening the old .mdb directly within Office2007. I

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Tony B
You should have no trouble opening the old .mdb directly within Office2007. I don't even think they changed the .mdb format. Once you have it opened you can make a new shortcut to it. Just trash the old shortcut. As you've discovered, they're not normal Windows shortcuts. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at

[CGUYS] MS Access problem

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Sacks
I've got a user who is getting a new PC. His old system was Windows 2000 with Office 2000. He's got an Access database written by an outside vendor - that as far as we can tell - no longer exists. It uses the MS Access Runtime 2000, but the database has been around since 2001. His new sys