Custom Variables

[mpoole]

I am trying to develop an Autoplay menu to check and see what version of MS Access a computer has. Based on that, I want to have two buttons; 1)Access Version 8.0 (97) 2) Access Version 9.0 (2000). I have one product database in both versions of MS Access. I want to display the correct version of button to the user when the menu starts up. I have tried numerous combination and have been unsuccessful. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

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Mike Poole
IS Engineer

[Support]

Re: Custom Variables

You should try using the Variable Manager to create a variable that checks the Registry to see if Access 2000 is installed. I did some poking around in Regedit.exe and found the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\A ccess

You could check if that key exists and show the appropriate button.

[mpoole]

Re: Custom Variables

I am jusing the variable manager and have tried using the HKEY_LOCAL_ROOT\.mdb key and had no success. I does not seem to function as described in the help files.

Originally posted by Support:
You should try using the Variable Manager to create a variable that checks the Registry to see if Access 2000 is installed. I did some poking around in Regedit.exe and found the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\A ccess

You could check if that key exists and show the appropriate button.

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Mike Poole
IS Engineer

[Ted]

Re: Custom Variables

Rather than looking in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for the .mdb extension, you'll want to try HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\A ccess or something like that.

Try looking at the "Using Advanced Features Demo" fromt the Template Gallery for examples of how to query the registry.