Can anyone tell me how to expand the Fieldsize setting?  
It's a number in a numeric field (phone number). I've
tried several things but keep getting the message that
says that I've entered a number that is larger than the

I have been sent 2 zipped db files in Access 97 - backend
as stored on users file server and copy of frontend as
stored on each users pc. I can open the backend and
examine data & tables etc. but when the frontend is

I've just opened Access 2003 for the first time and tried
to open one of my existing databases. A window appears
which includes the following message:
"Microsoft Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8 or later must be

In Access 2000 Is It Possible To Re-arrange or Alphabetize Groups. On the
left under groups when I create new "Groups" they seem to be locked in
place. I can't drag them or right click and Alphabetize them. Is it possible
to change their order in some way?

I have both Access 97 and 2000 CDs.
Question:
If I purchase the Access 2002 Upgrade CD can I load it on
a machine with no Access installed? When it can't find a

I get the following message when I try to access the
database. Does anyone happen to have any suggestions? The
access application is closed so there is no contention
between my application and Access. Does anyone happen to

I'm trying to load Access from a legit Office 97 disk
onto a computer with Office XP on it.  It loads onto the
computer just fine, but when I go to open Acces, an error
comes up saying that the program isn't licensed on my

Group:
How do I prevent users from opening my application by holding down the shift
key and bypassing my opening code that prevents the user from viewing the
tables, forms, queries and reports? I have password protected by VBA

I have plenty tables in MS Access 2000 SP-3 that have fields of type "Text"
and unfortunately, the fields' property "Allow Zero Length" is set to "No".
Is there any way to change those properties automatically to "Yes"? I am
trying to write some 0 length strings with VB ADO.NET to ...

the following error:
Method 'CurrentDb' of Object'_Application
I have installed the latest MDAC (2.8) files but this
hasn't helped.

I need to update the Access runtime file on several PC's at a client's
facility.
Is there a way to do this directly from Microsoft for each PC, or do I have
to create another setup file?

I am having difficulty accessing a database. Once I've
double clicked on the "Start" icon and entered my
password, the following message is displayed:
"The file 'OLEAUT32.DLL' is out of date. The program

I cannot seem to unlock an old project (.mde) of mine. Is there a way
around?
Thanks.
M.

My MS Office 97 Professional Edition says that the product
is licensed as a single product.  However on my latest
computer (Millenium Edition) I get the error message
saying that Access cannot start because there is no

I apologize if I'm in the wrong group for this message,
but really wasn't sure where it fit in.  I am having a
problem when running a make table query.  The query is
running against DB2 tables, and is pulling a huge amount