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Question about installing MDAC
Hello,
I have a VB6, Excel/Word VBA commercial app for which I need to install MDAC before installing my app if not present. I use my Wise Installation System Version 9 to install my app and MDAC 2.6 SP1. One prospect has an old Win 98 Office 97 configuration and I wonder if there are any potential problems or issues installing this newer MDAC on an older system like that. Per a MS KB article, it will work, but I'm wondering if it will create any problems with his other current apps,etc. Thanks, God bless Van |
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Question about installing MDAC
Van:
Somewhere around MDAC version 2.5, parts of the MS Jet Engine were removed as the Jet Engine became a stand-alone structure. You will probably find that upgrading to later versions of MDAC will definitely cause your older user to have problems, but a lot of that depends on how sophisticated your code is. My problems came into play with MS Access VBA but I'd have a hunch that similar issues will appear with Excel. Also note that going backwards from a newer MDAC to an older version, while supposedly do-able, is difficult as MDAC is embedded in a lot of places throughout the MS Windows environment. Use caution. Steve in Ohio (To properly maintain the Newsgroup, click the YES or NO button on your original posting to clear your entry, once you have or have not resolved this issue with this correspondence thread €“ Steve.) "VanS" wrote: Hello, I have a VB6, Excel/Word VBA commercial app for which I need to install MDAC before installing my app if not present. I use my Wise Installation System Version 9 to install my app and MDAC 2.6 SP1. One prospect has an old Win 98 Office 97 configuration and I wonder if there are any potential problems or issues installing this newer MDAC on an older system like that. Per a MS KB article, it will work, but I'm wondering if it will create any problems with his other current apps,etc. Thanks, God bless Van |
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