MVPs help?

[tina]

if i write an access application (db) on a pc that uses
WinXP Pro OS, will my user have any trouble running the db
on a pc that uses Win2K Pro OS or an earlier Win OS?
TIA
tina

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

It depends.

Have you included references to any OCXs or DLLs that are part of the
operating system? If so, there's a chance it might not exist on their
workstations, or that there are compatibility issues.

 

[John Vinson]

if i write an access application (db) on a pc that uses
WinXP Pro OS, will my user have any trouble running the db
on a pc that uses Win2K Pro OS or an earlier Win OS?

Back through Win98 you should be fine. Windows 3.1 is too old; I'd be
leery of Win95 but it might work.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

If the user has a compatible retail version of Access, and you're using only
the standard Access, VBA and DAO references, you should be OK. There can be
issues with runtimes. Runtime packages are best created under a clean
install of the earliest OS you intend to support.

There seem to be particular problems with Windows ME - the only way I could
get a runtime to install on a Windows ME PC was to create the package itself
under Windows ME - even a package created under Windows 98 (which preceded
Windows ME) would not install.