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How to Obtain Service Release 1
If you already have Microsoft Access 97, or Microsoft Office 97
Professional Edition, you can download Service Release 1 from Microsoft's
Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads/default.htm
Microsoft Access 97 Service Release 1 contains updated files as well as the
new Snapshot feature.
Snapshot and Snapshot Viewer
Microsoft Snapshot enables you to view a report without having Microsoft
Access 97 or the run-time version of Microsoft Access 97 on your computer.
You see the report as it would appear in print preview in Microsoft Access.
Microsoft Snapshot allows you to save a static picture of a Microsoft
Access 97 report in an external file format (*.snp). You can then make the
report available to someone who does not have Microsoft Access 97. For
example, you can send the report in e-mail or copy it to a person's hard
drive. The person needs only the Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer to be
able to view the report.
Microsoft Access 97 Snapshot Viewer, Snapview.exe, enables you to view a
Microsoft Access report that has been saved as a snapshot (*.snp). You can
distribute the self-extracting file that installs Snapshot Viewer to anyone
who has Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT. The Snapshot Viewer
enables you to view reports that have been exported to the new snapshot
file format, which is available in Service Release 1.
If you obtained Microsoft Access 97 Service Release 1 on CD-ROM, Snapshot
Viewer is located in the \ValuPack\Access subfolder on the CD-ROM.
Snpvw80.exe is a self-extracting file that installs the Snapshot Viewer.
Double-click the \ValuPack\Valupk8.hlp file on your CD-ROM for information
about installing ValuPack features, including the Snapshot Viewer.
If you downloaded Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 from Microsoft's
World Wide Web site, you automatically have the ability to export reports
to snapshot file format. Snapshot Viewer, however, is a separate download.
Search Microsoft's Web site for Snpvw80.exe, or go to Microsoft Office
FreeStuff or Microsoft Office Developer's Forum.
For more information about report snapshots, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
172348 ACC97: Report Snapshots and Microsoft Snapshot Viewer
Fixes in Service Release 1
The following issues have been addressed in Microsoft Access 97 Service
Release 1:
- Hungarian short date formats do not allow a trailing period.
- "Automation Error" when opening a replica after making a module
non-replicable in a Design Master database.
For details about this issue, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
171207 ACC97: Removing Replicated Module Causes Automation Error
- Replica becomes unusable when modules in the Design Master database are
made replicable serially.
For details about this issue, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
172162 ACC97: "Name conflicts..." Error When Opening Replica
- Graph does not display correct data when report is opened from the
Database window.
For details about this issue, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
165836 ACC97: Graph 97 Chart Object Does Not Update Display
Correctly
- ActiveX control bound to OLE Object updates data incorrectly.
- Duplicate rows appear in the MSysRelationships system table of a
back-end database when the front-end is under source code control.
For details about this issue, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
164238 ACC97: Duplicate Relationships Multiply in Back-End
Database
- Wizard objects or sample database objects found in database after
conversion.
For details about this issue, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
150099 ACC97: DB Contains Incorrect Objects After Upgrade to
Access 97
- High ANSI characters do not display properly on splash screen under
Windows NT 4.0.
- IPF in MSAccess.exe using Database Wizard on Windows NT 4.0 workstation
running Run from Server install on a Novell 4.1x server.
- Microsoft Jet database engine consumes disk space with temporary queries
in an explicit transaction.
- SELECT statement returns wrong result set when a table has
multiple-field index in Japanese version of Microsoft Access.
- Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) can be lost when synchronization errors are
corrected in replicated databases.
For details about this issue, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
172164 ACC97: Data in OLE Object or Memo Field Missing from
Replica
- Error "Table 'TMP%#MAU@' already exists" opening attached SQLBase table.
For details about this issue, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
167849 ACC: 'TMP%#MAU' Error Generated When Opening Linked Table
- Error "Out of Memory" when starting Microsoft Access on a computer that
has 1 gigabyte (GB) or more of random access memory (RAM).
For details about this issue, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
161255 ACC: "Out of Memory" Error Starting Microsoft Access