can't find database

[Sam]

When opening Access Using Office 2000, I get the error
message "Can't find database you specified or you didn't
specify a database at all." The knowledge base articles
deal with problems with Access '97. But I never installed
Access'97. The only Office products I have are from MS
Office 2000 Small Business (Disks 1&2). Any ideas?

 

[Rick Brandt]

When opening Access Using Office 2000, I get the error
message "Can't find database you specified or you didn't
specify a database at all." The knowledge base articles
deal with problems with Access '97. But I never installed
Access'97. The only Office products I have are from MS
Office 2000 Small Business (Disks 1&2). Any ideas?

That error is what happens when the Runtime version of Access is launched with no
file specified because the Runtime cannot be opened "empty" the way that the full
version can. It is also my understanding that the Small Business Edition does not
include full Access, but only the Runtime. Have you installed full Access as a
separate product?

 

[Sam]

I am using only the "Access" that came with Office 2000
SB. How do you get it to open to a blank database?

-----Original Message-----


That error is what happens when the Runtime version of Access is launched with no
file specified because the Runtime cannot be

opened "empty" the way that the full

 

[Rick Brandt]

I am using only the "Access" that came with Office 2000
SB. How do you get it to open to a blank database?

Unless I am wrong SB does not include Access. It has some features that utilize the
Access Runtime so you will find an Access executable, but you don't have full Access
and cannot use it to create Access files. It can be used to "run" existing files
provided that those applications provide a full interface for you as you will not be
able to get to the db window in the Runtime.

 

[Sam]

Thanks. Appreciate the help!

-----Original Message-----


Unless I am wrong SB does not include Access. It has some features that utilize the
Access Runtime so you will find an Access executable, but you don't have full Access
and cannot use it to create Access files. It can be used to "run" existing files
provided that those applications provide a full

interface for you as you will not be