A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.
Full Fledged Access DB files work fine, confirmed this is just the ACCDE version....this sucks..
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I recently allowed my Access 2013 to update itself to SP1 or the latest version. Today I modified a database and saved it as a ACCDE file. When one of my Access 2013 runtime users attempted to open the database they got an "unrecognized format" error. I searched for an updated Access 2013 runtime for SP1 and there isn't one. This is a big problem as all of my users use the runtime to open and use the databases. I effectively cannot update or revise any database design until this issue is resolved.
Is there an ETA on when the runtime will be updated? If not is there a work around?
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Full Fledged Access DB files work fine, confirmed this is just the ACCDE version....this sucks..
UPDATE # 2 - FAIL
What I thought was a success in terms of rolling back windows was short lived. The database did indeed open on the runtime machines, but after some use, there are major errors that are appearing having to do with the use of DAO.recordset. Upon .edit I'm getting ERROR 3320 "Function is not available in expressions in table-level validation expression." This is occurring anywhere a DAO.recordset is used in code. These errors are again obviously not present on the full Access 2013 computers that had the update.
I am back to not having workable distributions for my runtime users.
Sadly, there have been a number of problems with Office 2013.
But I don't understand your statement: "Are they forcing use to use that as the only means of distributing an app"? You can zip up your database and sell it on your site, or any site for that matter. You can use any other packaging software and distribute that instead and actually they often much better than MS' offering!
Well Don,
I Understand the frustration... I've just about tried it all:
Deleted registry keys, windows restores, reinstalls, repairs, tried tricking runtime with known un-updated copies of Access etc. Nothing worked, whatever the change is, it is internal to the operating system components of access and is persistent once installed, and runtime doesn't like it. No way around it.
At a certain point, I had to make a buisness decesion. If I waited for Microsoft to get around to fixing runtime (which if you look, has not been revised in more than 6-8 months) I'd be out of buisness. That is not acceptable. I will not let a billion dollar bafoon put my small buisness out of buisness with incompetence.
So, even though it feeds the beast, I went and purchased standalone Full versions of Access for all my runtime machines even though they don't remotely need it, in effect giving Microsoft hundreds of dollars they don't deserve.
In the end, no update should bring my process computers down to the point of not functioning. Unacceptable. Period.
I'm back up and running, am not using runtime until further notice and obviously have select words for any Microsoft employee that cares to listen.