Thanks for the reply. Not sure about the service packs but - as often
happens, I resolved my own issue shortly after posting the message.
When I ran the mdb on the XP machine, it worked fine, so I guessed
that the problem was the mde. So...I converted the mdb to Access 2002
format, then created the mde from that version, and it worked fine. I
haven't the faintest clue why the A2k mdb would function correctly on
the XP machine, while the mde created from that same file would not,
but figuring out a way past the problem (and a very simple one at
that...) will have to suffice.
"Allen Browne" <AllenBrowne@SeeSig.Invalid> wrote in message news:<408d2a70$0$16597$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net .au>...[color=blue]
> At a guess, this is more likely to be a difference in service packs than in
> operating system.
>
> Do both machines have SP3 for Office XP installed? There is a (somewhat
> different) reference to OpenArgs being addressed in SP3 in this article:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=836030
>
> --
> Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
> Tips for Access users -
http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
> Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.
>
> "rightcoast" <rightcoast_us@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:6d8c75d6.0404260704.59674181@posting.google.c om...[color=green]
> >
> > Hoping someone out there can help with a very frustrating problem...
> >
> > Have a database created in A2k, works fine on my machine (Windows 2k),
> > however when running it (an MDE file) on an XP machine, it produces an
> > error on the following line:
> >
> > DoCmd.OpenForm strFrm, , , , , , strOA
> >
> > 'strFrm' and 'strOA' are passed to the procedure as
> > 'frmCreateProposal' and 'PE'. The error says it cannot find form name
> > 'PE', which is actually the opening argument, not the form name. For
> > some bizarre reason, it seems to be interpreting the opening argument
> > as the form name, but only on the XP machine. Is this potentially a
> > Windows 2k/XP problem, or an MDE problem??
> >
> > Any insights/suggestions/solutions will be most welcome.
> >
> > Thanks.[/color][/color]
