Thanks everyone for your help so far, but it's still not going anywhere.
I found the Workgroup editor thing: c:\windows\system\wrkgadm.exe and ran it, set up a workgroup. However, when it went to save the file, I got a useful Microsoft error: "An error has occurred at changing workgroup database". The file was not created. It's not a permissions error, because I can create all kinds of files in that directory. I even tried saving the file someplace else, even in the H: (~jurgen) directory, but I always get the same error. Wine doesn't report anything at all on the command line.
Taking a different angle, using a system.mda from another computer, wrkgadm.exe seems to accept it, but running Access gives me an out of memory error.
What else can I try? I have a legal copy of Win98SE here, and I'm not averse to running "real" Microsoft DLLs if it will get Access working.
Thanks,
........jurgen
On 05/05/05, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible@xxxxxx> wrote:
jurgen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having trouble getting Access 97 working with Wine 20041019. Word and
> Excel work just fine, as far as I've used them, but Access simply refuses
> to start. I've installed off an original installer CD through the
> WineTools ( 2.11jo) utility. I customised the install, removing everything
> except for the basic application files for Word, Excel and Access. I've
> also installed all of the Base Setup and all of the Windows System
> Software from WineTools.
>
> During install, it complains about not being able to update the workgroup
> database, but the install completes fine anyway. When I navigate to
> Access's folder and type "wine MSACCESS.EXE", the splash screen comes up
> just fine, then a second later, I get an error dialogue box:
>
> Microsoft Access couldn't find the file "C:\windows\system\system.mdw".
> This file is required for startup.
>
> Doing a bit of reasearch, I learnt that this file has something to do with
> Access's workgroup (tee hee) functions. I tried touching the file and
> setting it to 777, also tried copying system.mdw from a "real" Windows
> machine, but both of these solutions ends up with an out of memory
> dialogue on launch. It's progress though, I got a *different* error. :-)
IIRC there is a utility installed in the access directory to switch and
create new workgroups. Other system.mda's won't work, since they are
created individually for your system at installation time. Try to run this
tool and create a new one and switch the access system to it.
- Jörg
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