well it was a good try but still produces Code: Error Number 6 Overflow Occured in Sub 'get_results_from_database' in Module 'frmResults' in project DAO.Field tried en_US too, as the relevant .exe files show language as English (United States) ran dependency.exe program in windows & then wine listed in windows, but missing in wine were: vba6.dll, odbc32.dll, activreg.ocx, msflxgrd.ocx can these be copied/downloaded and added to system32 in wine? any other ideas where to go from here please? also got access to the programs .mdb file cannot initially see the 'frmresults' module