SBFM: Problems Using SBFM After Installing MS Access 2.0

ID: Q153033

7.00 7.00a WINDOWS kbtool kbsetup kberrmsg

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to generate a Report with the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel (SBFM),you may receive the following error message

   There is not enough information in your accounting package to perform
   this action. Please choose another action or re-import your Accounting
   data

and you are not able to continue to make a report.

Also, you may receive the same error message if you try to perform a What- If analysis using SBFM.

CAUSE

You may receive the error message if you installed Microsoft Access version 2.0 after installing the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel.

RESOLUTION

If you installed Microsoft Access version 2.0 after installing SBFM, run the Setup program for SBFM and choose the Reinstall option of the maintenance mode setup.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The file, Readme.txt, that is on Disk 1 of the SBFM disks, contains the following information about installing Microsoft Access version 2.0 after installing SBFM:

   3.  INSTALLING MICROSOFT ACCESS 2.0 AFTER MICROSOFT FINANCIAL MANAGER
   =====================================================================

   If you are going to install Microsoft Access 2.0 on your computer and
   you have already installed Financial Manager, follow these steps:

   a.  Un-install Microsoft Financial Manager
   b.  Install Access 2.0
   c.  Install Financial Manager.

   If you do not follow these steps you will encounter errors and
   instability when creating reports or what-if analyses.

NOTE: You do not have to uninstall SBFM before installing Microsoft Access version 2.0 because you can follow the directions in the workaround section to fix the problem.

REFERENCES

"Readme.txt" on Disk 1 of the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel.

KBCategory: kbtool kbsetup KBSubcategory: xlwin

Additional reference words: 1.00 7.00 7.00a xl7

Keywords          : xlwin 
Version           : 7.00 7.00a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 16, 1996