ACC95: Microsoft Access 95 Acreadme.txt File Contents

• Microsoft Access version 7.0

SUMMARY

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

This article lists the section headings and topics contained in the Microsoft Access for Windows 95 version 7.0 Acreadme.txt file.

MORE INFORMATION

Here are the section headings and topics of the Acreadme.txt file. Note that each section heading is underlined, followed by the topics in the section.

Installation

• What's Not Included in a Typical Installation
• Using the Custom Installation Option to Get Additional Expert Help Information
• Using Setup with Windows NT 3.51 or Later
• Reinstalling Microsoft Access for Windows 95
• Typical Installation Option May Generate Error Under Certain Conditions

General

• Using the Find Dialog Box with a Lookup Field
• Running Microsoft Access for Windows 95 on a Compressed Drive
• Importing Text Data Using a Macro
• Help Dialog Box Occasionally Disappears Behind Microsoft Access Window.
• Problems Running Visual Basic for Applications Help and Microsoft Access 95 Help Together
• Using Help with Windows NT 3.51 or Later Without Service Pack 1

Jet/ISAM/DAO

• Nesting Limit to BeginTrans Method
• Importing Small Values from Text Files
• Exceeding the Server Lock Count on a Novell NetWare Server
• Opening a Remote Microsoft Access 2.0 Database on a NetWare 3.11 Server

Briefcase Replication

• Synchronization Failure Caused by Design Change Not Being Applied
• Recommendations for Compacting a Design Master Database

Conversion And Compatibility

• Formatting Nulls and Zero-Length Strings
• Shell Function Now Returns Long Data Type
• Using the CompactDatabase Method to Convert a Database
• Forms and Reports Based on Parameterized Crosstab Queries
• Impact of Unicode on Visual Basic String Functions and Binary Data
• Using the CurrentDb Function to Return a Reference to the Current Database
• Closing a Database Returned from DBEngine.Workspace(0).Databases(0)
• Pointers to Forms/Reports When View Mode Is Changed
• Converting Macros or Code That Calls the DoMenuItem Action
• Converting Code That Uses Undeclared Arrays
• Microsoft Access for Windows 95 No Longer Uses /Ini Command-Line Option
• Converting Large Databases to Microsoft Access for Windows 95
• Using OLE Automation to Open a Read-Only Database Created in a Previous Version of Microsoft Access

Programming and Visual Basic for Applications

• Renaming and Compacting a Database
• Microsoft Access Properties Collection
• Referring to a Replication ID Field in Code
• Closing an Instance of Microsoft Access in Code
• Running Procedures in a Referenced Database
• Passing Variables to the Run Method
• New AscW and ChrW Functions
• Conversion of Hexadecimal Values to Prevent Sign Extension
• Array Behavior Changes
• Limitation of Line, Print, Circle, and PSet Methods in a With Statement
• Additional Information on the End Statement
• Difference Between What Len and LenB Return with User-Defined Types
• ReDim Statement Acts as a Declaration
• Conversion of Byte and String Types
• Use of the FileAttr Function on 32-Bit Operating Systems
• Closing the Default Workspace Closes the Current Database
• Referring to Fields in a Recordset Object
• Calling Methods of the Application Object from a Form Module
• Running Visual Basic Help Code Examples
• Passing a Control to a Procedure
• Using the Save Action, Save Method, CopyObject Action, and CopyObject Method

Documentation

• Updates to Microsoft Access Help Topics
• Updates to "Building Applications with Microsoft Access for Windows 95"
• Updates to "Getting Results with Microsoft Access for Windows 95"

REFERENCES

For more supplemental information to the standard Microsoft documentation, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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