ADT95: Microsoft ADT 95 Readme.txt File Contents

• Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 7.0

SUMMARY

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article lists the sections and topics contained in the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT) for Windows 95 version 7.0 Readme.txt file.

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Here are the sections and topics listed in the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit 7.0 Readme File (Readme.txt).

Product Support Services

• Support for the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit
• Providing Your Product ID to PSS

Installation

• Installing the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit for Windows 95
• Installing to a Clean Machine
• Installing to a Machine That Has ADT 2.0 Installed

Run-Time Environment

• Custom Shortcut Menus Not Working
• Some Error Messages Include "Microsoft Access" in the Title
• Minimized Database window Shows Title
• Custom Help Files
• The CloseCurrentDatabase Method vs. the Quit Method of the DoCmd

       Object
  

Setup Wizard

General Issues

• Uninstalling Microsoft Access 95 Breaks Custom Applications Within

       the Run-Time Environment
  

• Uninstalling Visual Basic 4.0 Breaks Custom Applications Within the

       Run-Time Environment
  

• Administrative and Run From Network Server Installations
• Saving Property Changes in Setup Wizard Screens
• Setup Wizard Does Not Store State of the check box on the Run

       Executable Screen
  

• Setup Wizard Might Prompt to Save Template Unnecessarily
• Trying to Create Disk Images on a Read-Only Share
• Reinstall Fails After Maintenance Removal of Workgroup Administrator
• Specifying a Command Line to Run an Executable File After Setup
• Very Large Components Show Negative Numbers in Your Custom Setup

       Program
  

• Application Name Cannot Contain Quotation Marks
• Removing Component in Single-Component Setup Does Not Remove All

• Main Application File Should Be Required
• Setup Wizard Unable to Use Exclusively Locked File
• Adding a System Database File to Your Custom Setup Program
• Validation Order in Files Screen Can Lead to Errors
• Filename Cannot be a UNC Path to a Folder
• Custom Setup Program Requires Three-Character Extensions
• Custom Setup Program Can Break If Including a File with an All

       Numeric Extension
  

• Installing to a Short Filename System

• Shortcut Names Truncated on Short File Installation
• Shortcut Description Limit of 40 Characters
• Shortcut Descriptions Cannot Contain Certain Characters
• Duplicate Names for Shortcuts
• Invalid command line will cause general protection fault in custom

       Setup program
  

• Shortcuts on Windows 95 Require Qualified Program
• Custom Shortcuts for Access Components Must Be in Lowercase Letters
• Custom Microsoft Access Component Shortcuts Need Related Files
• Creating a Shortcut to Uninstall Your Application
• Unable to Use % in Command Lines or Registry Entries
• $(WorkgroupFile) Not Enforcing Requirement for Workgroup File
• Custom Command Line cannot have $(WorkgroupFile) as Its Program
• $(Profile) Is Replaced with Quotation Marks in Registry Values
• Compact and Repair Options Should Be Disabled for Microsoft Access

      Shortcut Files
  

• Setup Wizard Fails to Find Files in Some Cases
• Hatten.ttf File Not Found for Replication Component Under Windows NT
• Setup Program Does Not Launch Transporter After Setup Completes
• Setup Wizard Does Not Include Briefcase Support Files
• Setup Fails If Drop Box Folder Is Invalid
• Replication Log Is Placed in the Drop Box Folder

• Setup Wizard Cannot Create Images on Top Level of UNC Share
• Progress Meter in the Setup Wizard Is Not Linear
• Setup Wizard Hangs If Out of Disk Space While Compressing
• Setup Wizard Hangs If Application Name Contains String $(Profile)
• Compressed Folder Names Use Short Filenames

Custom Controls

General Issues

• Developer's Toolkit Does Not Include a 32-bit Scrollbar Control
• Using MsgBox Statements or Functions Can Interfere with Mouse Events
• Cannot Set MousePointer Property to Custom in the Microsoft Access

      Property Sheet
  

• Named Arguments Not Supported
• Custom Control BackColor and ForeColor Help

• Print Dialog Box's Min, Max, and FromPage Property Settings

• Data Outline Control Does Not Work with Double Byte Character Set

       Languages
  

• Error Switching Views in Enabled Database
• LostFocus Event Fires Twice After Form Opens
• AfterFormClose Event Does Not Fire
• Validation Error Generated Repeatedly While Scrolling
• Error Using Context-Sensitive Help in Microsoft Access Property Sheet
• Data Outline Control Shows No Data for GUID Joined Levels
• Incorrect Error Message When ODBCKeySize Setting Is Too Small

• Custom Bitmap Sizes in an ImageList Control
• Image Size Settings Lost When Setting MaskColor Property
• "Out of Memory" Errors Adding Icons After Bitmaps

• Incorrect Arrange Property Constant

• RichTextBox Focus Problems and Issues Related to Data Binding
• Control Paints Incorrectly When Switching from Design to Browse View
• Incorrect Font Spacing After FontSize Is Changed
• SelPrint Method Not Supported

• Reset Height and Width After Changing Orientation Property at Run

       Time
  

• TabStrip ClientLeft and ClientTop Properties Return Incorrect Values
• Subform Control Might Not Properly Receive Focus

• RestoreToolbar Method Requires Buttons with Images
• Custom Button Size Lost During Switch from Browse to Design view
• Multiline Toolbar Can Resize Incorrectly in Design view

• Right Mouse Button Argument Not Recognized

Microsoft Graph

• Using Named Constants with Microsoft Graph

Win32 Api Viewer

• "Unexpected Error" When Opening an Invalid Database File
• Code Segments Need to Be Pasted in a Specific Order

Microsoft Access Developer Sampler Cd

• Roadmap Crashes If Using Keyboard on Particular Topic
• Painting Problems in the Developer Roadmap
• First Page of Mastering Access Preview Does Not Wait for Click on

       Button
  

Documentation

Online Help

• Getting Help on Custom Controls
• Printing Help Topics on Windows NT
• ADT Help Topics Available from Contents and Index Tabs of Microsoft

       Access Help
  

• Changes to the Microsoft Access Help Topic "Microsoft Language

       Elements That Apply to Custom Controls"