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Running Access 2007 In Office 2003
Hello:
I reviewed about 20 posts from a search, and none were identical to my question, which is very simple: With a system that has Office 2003 (without Access 2003), can I install Access 2007 and use it with no issues with existing 2003 Office products? Thanks, Rich Locus Logicwurks, LLC |
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Running Access 2007 In Office 2003
If you already have Access 2003 on your computer, you can do a custom
install of Access 2007, and instruct it not to remove Access 2003. (The default install will remove it.) You can then use each version of Access separately. Lots of us do that (supporting clients on different versions), but there are a few gotchas, e.g.: a) Whenever you switch version, it takes a few moments to "install". b) You mustn't run different versions at the same time. The libraries won't be registered properly, and so a new database you create will have mongrel versions. c) Keep your library references to a minimum. If you use additional library references, they may not work correctly across versions. It's fine if you restrict yourself to the basic three: http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Rich Locus, Logicwurks, LLC" Rich Locus, Logicwurks, wrote in message ... Hello: I reviewed about 20 posts from a search, and none were identical to my question, which is very simple: With a system that has Office 2003 (without Access 2003), can I install Access 2007 and use it with no issues with existing 2003 Office products? Thanks, Rich Locus Logicwurks, LLC |
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Running Access 2007 In Office 2003
Allen:
Your referenced article on libraries was very helpful. Since I don't already have Access 2003 on the my target system but just the other Office 2003 products, I wouldn't think there would be many of the issues you mentioned in your article for having multiple versions of Access on the same system. Since I do use MSCAL.OCX, I will make sure that my Access 2007 install doesn't nuke the version I use for Excel 2003. Thanks, -- Rich Locus Logicwurks, LLC "Allen Browne" wrote: If you already have Access 2003 on your computer, you can do a custom install of Access 2007, and instruct it not to remove Access 2003. (The default install will remove it.) You can then use each version of Access separately. Lots of us do that (supporting clients on different versions), but there are a few gotchas, e.g.: a) Whenever you switch version, it takes a few moments to "install". b) You mustn't run different versions at the same time. The libraries won't be registered properly, and so a new database you create will have mongrel versions. c) Keep your library references to a minimum. If you use additional library references, they may not work correctly across versions. It's fine if you restrict yourself to the basic three: http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Rich Locus, Logicwurks, LLC" Rich Locus, Logicwurks, wrote in message ... Hello: I reviewed about 20 posts from a search, and none were identical to my question, which is very simple: With a system that has Office 2003 (without Access 2003), can I install Access 2007 and use it with no issues with existing 2003 Office products? Thanks, Rich Locus Logicwurks, LLC . |
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Running Access 2007 In Office 2003
Unfortunately, shared libraries are not necessarily specific to Access. In
fact, problems with shared libraries can even be caused by non-Microsoft products. In other words, Allen's advise is probably still relevant even in your situation. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://www.AccessMVP.com/DJSteele Co-author: Access 2010 Solutions, published by Wiley (no e-mails, please!) "Rich Locus" wrote in message ... Allen: Your referenced article on libraries was very helpful. Since I don't already have Access 2003 on the my target system but just the other Office 2003 products, I wouldn't think there would be many of the issues you mentioned in your article for having multiple versions of Access on the same system. Since I do use MSCAL.OCX, I will make sure that my Access 2007 install doesn't nuke the version I use for Excel 2003. Thanks, -- Rich Locus Logicwurks, LLC "Allen Browne" wrote: If you already have Access 2003 on your computer, you can do a custom install of Access 2007, and instruct it not to remove Access 2003. (The default install will remove it.) You can then use each version of Access separately. Lots of us do that (supporting clients on different versions), but there are a few gotchas, e.g.: a) Whenever you switch version, it takes a few moments to "install". b) You mustn't run different versions at the same time. The libraries won't be registered properly, and so a new database you create will have mongrel versions. c) Keep your library references to a minimum. If you use additional library references, they may not work correctly across versions. It's fine if you restrict yourself to the basic three: http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Rich Locus, Logicwurks, LLC" Rich Locus, Logicwurks, wrote in message ... Hello: I reviewed about 20 posts from a search, and none were identical to my question, which is very simple: With a system that has Office 2003 (without Access 2003), can I install Access 2007 and use it with no issues with existing 2003 Office products? Thanks, Rich Locus Logicwurks, LLC . |
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