XP Problem! *resolved*

[sebs]

Hi people !

My boss just re-install a couple of pc at one of our client and installed Win XP on it!

So he re-installed the program that we did for them and it use MS Access for DB !

But when he runs the program, it gives a Run-Time error 76 !

Is it because i need to re-installed a component ?

Did it happend to one of you ?

tx

[kleinma]

how did you package your program??? the PDW??? did he install sp1 and other windows updates to the XP machine?

your not giving much info

[Bootking]

In the properties for the EXE, you can set it to run in compatibility for a previous Windows operating system. It works most of the time to fix XP-related run time errors.

[kleinma]

Originally posted by Bootking
In the properties for the EXE, you can set it to run in compatibility for a previous Windows operating system. It works most of the time to fix XP-related run time errors.

no that wont solve a runtime error like that.. .there is probably an issue with MDAC or some portion of the database connectivity

[sebs]

tx for all the replies guys !

kleinma, the installation is made from a installation that i did a long time ago, i use InnoSetup now

It's a DB problem for sure, so like you said, it's problably just a MDAC problem, when you install XP, does it install MS Access 2000 components ?

[kleinma]

Originally posted by sebs
tx for all the replies guys !

kleinma, the installation is made from a installation that i did a long time ago, i use InnoSetup now

It's a DB problem for sure, so like you said, it's problably just a MDAC problem, when you install XP, does it install MS Access 2000 components ?

nope.. doesn't install any access components.. access is a seperate application than windows...so they dont include it.. it SHOULD however install MDAC for sure... but perhaps the versions are different.. do you know what version of MDAC your app uses?? if you install that one it might clear up the problem

[sebs]

Yeah, well my setup detect if you have MDAC installed, and intall it you don't have it, so i guess he installed it !

here's the version

2.1.2.4202.3

should it be a different one since it's on XP, problably

cuz, lately, another of our client had installed XP, and i had to update the Calendar component !

[Ken Bradford]

From MSDN

"MDAC 2.7 RTM is pre-installed in Windows XP; because the MDAC files are Windows File Protection files, MDAC 2.7 RTM is the earliest version that you can install on Windows XP."


"Starting with Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.6, MDAC no longer contains Jet components. In other words, MDAC 2.6 and 2.7 do not include Microsoft Jet, Microsoft Jet OLE DB Provider, and the ODBC Desktop Database Drivers."

You may need to install jet.

[sebs]

Hi guys !

I'm so sorry, i never looked, but I should of, error 76 is a 'Path Not Found' !

The problem is, the guy that did the app, was a student(so he was learning) and when reading the .ini file for the database path, he had hardcoded "C:\WINNT\system32" instead of using the API to find the windows folder, so XP it's "C:\Windows\system32", so i just changed the app a little bit to use the API and now everything is fine!

thank you for all your help