The 'common controls' dll for that in Access 07 is probably different from
the one in 03. I would locate the comctl32.dll used by Access 07, and put it
in the path for your search dialog in XP (not system32, but the Access .exe
folder.) You might also accomplish this by installing the Runtime files for
Access 07.
Access 2007 Download: Access Runtime:
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd9ae78d9-9dc6-4b38-9fa6-2c745a175aed%26DisplayLang%3den[/url]
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"CJ" <private@newsgroups.com> wrote in message
news:20B7A98C-2758-4183-B504-EE43AA9132EC@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi Groupies:
>
> I'm not sure which newsgroup this question belongs to, sorry.
>
> I have an Access 2003 database that was built on my Vista laptop. This
> laptop also has Access 2007 installed but that version has not been used
> at all to work with this database. My other computer has Windows XP and
> only has Access 2003 installed.
>
> In a couple of forms I have combo boxes that are used for searches. On my
> Vista machine, these searches work fine, on my XP machine, the searches
> work, but no data is "visible" when you push the down arrow. The list
> still shows the correct number of rows as if the data was there, but no
> words show up so you have to guess at what you are selecting.
>
> The query behind the search boxes works fine and if you try the query by
> itself all of the data shows up properly.
>
> Not realizing what was going on, I spent a couple of hours trying to fix
> the searches on my XP machine. I changed formatting, rebuilt the query,
> everything I could think of. There was no way that I could make this thing
> work on XP yet no problems on Vista.
>
> What is the deal????
> Any insight?......Anybody.......
>
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> Thanks for taking the time!
>
> CJ
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