Does the physical path of a library matter as long as it's registered?

[Jozef]

Hello,

I'm wondering if the physical path of a library really matters as long as
the library is registered with windows.

FOr instance, if I have the DAO 3.6 object library in C:\Temp\ on my
computer, but another computer has the same library registred in
C:\Windows\System32\, would I still get a "MISSING: reference" when I try to
run the database on the second computer?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Scott McDaniel]

No, it wouldn't matter where the library is located, as long as the library
is correctly registered

--
Scott McDaniel
InfoTrakker Software
"Jozef" <SP**********@telus.net> wrote in message
news:3j8Pe.11456$Hk.3363@pd7tw1no...

Hello,

I'm wondering if the physical path of a library really matters as long as
the library is registered with windows.

FOr instance, if I have the DAO 3.6 object library in C:\Temp\ on my
computer, but another computer has the same library registred in
C:\Windows\System32\, would I still get a "MISSING: reference" when I try
to run the database on the second computer?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Douglas J. Steele]

I'm not 100% certain that's correct. Access is extremely sensitive when it
comes to references. If referenced files are not in the same location, you
will often get a References problem. Some seem to be "self-correcting": I'm
not sure whether DAO falls in this category.

On the other hand, I can't think of a legitimate reason not to have the DAO
library in the "correct" place. It's not sufficient simply to copy the DLL
and register it: there are dependencies that have to be respected, so you
really should use the standard Jet SP installer.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

"Scott McDaniel" <sc***@infotrakkerDELETEME.com> wrote in message
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No, it wouldn't matter where the library is located, as long as the
library is correctly registered

--
Scott McDaniel
InfoTrakker Software
"Jozef" <SP**********@telus.net> wrote in message
news:3j8Pe.11456$Hk.3363@pd7tw1no...

Hello,

I'm wondering if the physical path of a library really matters as long as
the library is registered with windows.

FOr instance, if I have the DAO 3.6 object library in C:\Temp\ on my
computer, but another computer has the same library registred in
C:\Windows\System32\, would I still get a "MISSING: reference" when I try
to run the database on the second computer?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Steve Jorgensen]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:34:54 -0400, "Douglas J. Steele"
<NOSPAM_djsteele@NOSPAM_canada.com> wrote:

I'm not 100% certain that's correct. Access is extremely sensitive when it
comes to references. If referenced files are not in the same location, you
will often get a References problem. Some seem to be "self-correcting": I'm
not sure whether DAO falls in this category.

On the other hand, I can't think of a legitimate reason not to have the DAO
library in the "correct" place. It's not sufficient simply to copy the DLL
and register it: there are dependencies that have to be respected, so you
really should use the standard Jet SP installer.

Access is sensitive about references (as is everything VB and VBA), but in my
experience, location is not one of the things it's sensitive to.