Article ID: 160123
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q160123
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
SYMPTOMS
When you try to convert or open a Microsoft Access 1.x or 2.0 database, you
may receive the following error message:
In Microsoft Access 97
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The process failed because there is no default printer.
This may be followed with the message:
Microsoft Access failed to create the Visual Basic module
'Form_<Form Name>'.
This is followed with the message:
The Save operation failed.
In Microsoft Access 7.0
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You must set a default printer before you design, print or preview.
This error is followed by:
Microsoft Access failed to create or enable your code modules.
CAUSE
You do not have a default printer installed.
RESOLUTION
Use Control Panel to install a default printer. For information about how
to do so, click Help on the Start menu, and then search on the phrase
"default printer, setting," using the Windows Help Index.
MORE INFORMATION
In a Microsoft Access 7.0 or 97 database, you cannot create a report if you
do not have a default printer installed. When you convert a database
created with Microsoft Access 1.x or 2.0, a default printer is also
required because Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97 will create a new database and
import the objects as new objects.
REFERENCES
For more information about converting databases, search the Help Index for
"converting databases," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
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