Access 97 to Access 2000 string functions

[Douglas J. Steele]

Not a problem with your installation, but likely with the References in your
database.

References problems can be caused by differences in either the location or
file version of certain files between the machine where the application was
developed, and where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the
target machine). Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in
and reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out
of the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just
unselected. (NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete
them, because they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

 

[Tim Larason]

I'm having problems converting my Access 97 programs to
Access 2000. String functions such as right(), date(), and
chr(13)&chr(10)used in queries won't convert. I get a
message undefined function. Is there a defect in my
installation? If not, can I define the function or what
is the workaround?

 

[John Nurick]

Hi Tim,

This normally means something has gone with references in
the VBA project. See
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
for details and how to fix it.

 

[David]

Try going to Tools/References in a module and reference
the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library. If you see a libray
marked as missing unclick it, then OK.

HTH.

David