A97 runtime spell check fails with Word 2000+

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Owen Jenkins - 05 Apr 2006 07:16 GMT

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

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Rick Brandt - 05 Apr 2006 12:38 GMT

>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
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> 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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Owen Jenkins - 05 Apr 2006 13:30 GMT

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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

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Rick Brandt - 05 Apr 2006 14:13 GMT

>> 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
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> 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 - 05 Apr 2006 19:53 GMT

> >> 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
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> 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.

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

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