Can't find function in expression

[Nicholas Scarpinato]

I have a macro that calls a function when a button is pressed on the main
login screen of my database. Every employee's PC I've tested this database on
can use it with no trouble, except one, who gets the message "The expression
you entered contains a function name that Microsoft Access can't find." Why
would this be a problem on just the one PC when all of our PC's are running
Access XP (and I know they're running the same installation settings, because
I did the installs)?

 

[GREG]

Sounds like your rogue PC is missing a Reference file. Open your database on
the problem PC, open any module in design mode, Click on Tools & then
References. You'll probably see one checked entry with a description that
starts with 'Missing'. The path info (at the bottom of the window) will
indicate where the file SHOULD be.

Copying the missing file from one of the working PCs to the path (above) on
the problem unit should fix this.

 

[Nicholas Scarpinato]

Great answer, and something I've been looking for for a long time but
couldn't remember where it was. Unfortunately, it didn't help me out in the
slightest, as both PC are using the same reference files and they are all
intact. I looked up the add-ins as well but there were none in use on either
PC. Now I'm really confused.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Here are my standard instructions regarding problems with the References
collection:

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)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html, or check my
December, 2003 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle Publication's "Smart
Access" (you can download the column, and sample database, for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html)