Make your damn products WORK RIGHT!

[Kevin Witty]

I have just copied an Access 2003 database from my desktop (XP/Pro SP2) to my
new laptop (same op system), on which I have installed the same version of MS
Access that's running on the desktop. The db compiles fine, but the first
time I try to open one of my forms, I get "There is no object in this
control". If I respond OK, the form then opens, and opens fine thereafter,
until I open the database again. And then I proceed to get all kinds of
other errors. Same directory structure, same references, same everything I
can see, but as so frequently happens with MS what works in one place may
very well not work in another.

THERE IS NO DAMNED EXCUSE FOR THIS KIND OF CRAP! I"VE BEEN A SYSTEMS
DEVELOPER FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'M FINALLY RETIRING BECAUSE I CAN'T TAKE
THIS KIND OF MICROSOFT BUGGY SHIT ANYMORE!

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[Rick Brandt]

I have just copied an Access 2003 database from my desktop (XP/Pro SP2) to my
new laptop (same op system), on which I have installed the same version of MS
Access that's running on the desktop. The db compiles fine, but the first
time I try to open one of my forms, I get "There is no object in this
control". If I respond OK, the form then opens, and opens fine thereafter,
until I open the database again. And then I proceed to get all kinds of
other errors. Same directory structure, same references, same everything I
can see, but as so frequently happens with MS what works in one place may
very well not work in another.

THERE IS NO DAMNED EXCUSE FOR THIS KIND OF CRAP! I"VE BEEN A SYSTEMS
DEVELOPER FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'M FINALLY RETIRING BECAUSE I CAN'T TAKE
THIS KIND OF MICROSOFT BUGGY SHIT ANYMORE!

I know just how you feel. Just the other day I bought a box of nails and at
least half of them had the head on the wrong end!

 

[TC]

Duh, you've been a developer for 20 years, & you can not undertake a
simple diagnostic exercise?

Such as, gasp, looking at some of the 16,300 google groups hits for:
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=there+is+no+object+in+this+control+group:*access*

Yuh gotta be jokin'. Happy retirement!

HTH,
TC (MVP Access)
http://tc2.atspace.com

 

[TC]

AND THE FRIGGIN' SCREWDRIVER DOESN'T FIT ANY OF THEM !!! :-((((



TC (MVP Access)
http://tc2.atspace.com

 

[Ron2005]

as copied from another posting:

Sounds like you have a References problem on the machine
giving you problems. Here's what to do:
1-On the machine that's working, go to the code window
(Alt F11) and select Tools|References. Note all
references made therein.
2 - Go to problem machine(s) and check to see if
references are all there. Correct as necessary to ensure
all refereces are the same.