First off, I am not a programmer, but am pretty literate so far as repairs and troubleshooting, etc. Here is my dilema; I have a test panel that the software was written in Windows 95, apparently with the DAO/jet db. We have recently MOVED the software to a new PC with XP Professional. The software installed, but will not run without the jet db....when trying to open I get error messages that the db is not available. I found a download CALLED jet35sp3 that lets me open the program, but I still have no printer communications (needed to print reports).....anybody GOT any ideas, like I said, I am not a programmer, but I am sure that there is something out there?The Microsoft Jet Database Engine has been around for awhile.
Here is my observation, based and piratical experience, not theory.
If the APPLICATION is still working on an old 95 machine, just leave it that way.
And make backups of everything if it is important to you.Jet/DAO is a database engine- not a database. Is the error about missing dlls or about a missing database?i understand that; no the old 95 is not working, that is why the company sent us a tower set up with xp pro. they installed the 95 program in compatibility mode thinking that is all it needed. the program will open, but will not communicate with the printer. All they get is an opus22 COM 1 error