A97 runtime spell check fails with Word 2000+

[Owen Jenkins]

I have an application that I distribute as a 97 or 2000 mde. If the
client has A2000/2/3, he uses the 2000 version. If he has 97, he uses
the 97 version. If he has neither, he uses the 97 runtime.

Occasionally a client has Office 2000+ SBE which doesn't include Access.
In this case they install the A97 runtime version of my app which works
fine. Only problem is, the spell checker doesn't work, despite having
Word 2000+ installed. I use the DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSpelling syntax.
Is there any way to activate the spell check of Office 2000+ while
running A97 runtime?

Owen Jenkins

[Rick Brandt]

"Owen Jenkins" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I have an application that I distribute as a 97 or 2000 mde. If the client has
A2000/2/3, he uses the 2000 version. If he has 97, he uses the 97 version. If
he has neither, he uses the 97 runtime.

Occasionally a client has Office 2000+ SBE which doesn't include Access. In
this case they install the A97 runtime version of my app which works fine.
Only problem is, the spell checker doesn't work, despite having Word 2000+
installed. I use the DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSpelling syntax. Is there any way
to activate the spell check of Office 2000+ while running A97 runtime?

AFAIK the Office spell checker has to be the same version as the runtime to
work. SBE actually does come with the runtime of Access so you might be able to
give those users the 2000 version of your file to solve the problem.

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Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

[Owen Jenkins]

Rick Brandt wrote:

"Owen Jenkins" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I have an application that I distribute as a 97 or 2000 mde. If the client has
A2000/2/3, he uses the 2000 version. If he has 97, he uses the 97 version. If
he has neither, he uses the 97 runtime.

Occasionally a client has Office 2000+ SBE which doesn't include Access. In
this case they install the A97 runtime version of my app which works fine.
Only problem is, the spell checker doesn't work, despite having Word 2000+
installed. I use the DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSpelling syntax. Is there any way
to activate the spell check of Office 2000+ while running A97 runtime?

AFAIK the Office spell checker has to be the same version as the runtime to
work. SBE actually does come with the runtime of Access so you might be able to
give those users the 2000 version of your file to solve the problem.

Is that right! SBE includes the Access runtime? So double clicking on an
mde file should open the system? I never knew that. Is that so for all
versions of Office from 2000 up. Is this documented anywhere?

Owen

[Rick Brandt]

Owen Jenkins wrote:

Rick Brandt wrote:

AFAIK the Office spell checker has to be the same version as the
runtime to work. SBE actually does come with the runtime of Access
so you might be able to give those users the 2000 version of your
file to solve the problem.

Is that right! SBE includes the Access runtime? So double clicking on
an mde file should open the system? I never knew that. Is that so for
all versions of Office from 2000 up. Is this documented anywhere?

I don't know how "documented" it is but some of the utilities that are
provided by the SBE use Access so the runtime is included for them.

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[paii, Ron]

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Owen Jenkins wrote:

Rick Brandt wrote:

AFAIK the Office spell checker has to be the same version as the
runtime to work. SBE actually does come with the runtime of Access
so you might be able to give those users the 2000 version of your
file to solve the problem.

Is that right! SBE includes the Access runtime? So double clicking on
an mde file should open the system? I never knew that. Is that so for
all versions of Office from 2000 up. Is this documented anywhere?

I don't know how "documented" it is but some of the utilities that are
provided by the SBE use Access so the runtime is included for them.

--
I don't check the Email account attached
to this message. Send instead to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

For SBE 2000, the runtime is only installed if a utility requiring it is
installed. Some systems may not have the runtime.