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Subject:Visual Basic 3.0/Access 2.0 compatibility From:"Oberc, Frank M PL" <ObercFM -at- PO4 -dot- PL -dot- UNISYS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 13 Mar 1995 11:10:00 MST
On March 12, Rick Miller of Big Rapids, MI. USA wrote:
>I'm very new to writing Windows programs. Is there any way I can write
>Windows Help files with Visual Basic 3.0 Standard Version and MS Word
>6.0? Do I have the Windows Help Compiler in either of these packages?
Visual Basic 3.0 PROFESSIONAL Edition provides the Help compiler, Rick.
>On a related topic, it appears Visual Basic 3.0 will not work with
databases
>developed with MS Access 2.0 Is this right?
You can download the VB3/Access 2.0 compatibility layer from the Microsoft
Download Service or their ftp site (ftp.microsoft.com) to enable Visual
Basic 3.0 to work with Access 2.0 databases
Best regards,
Frank Oberc
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Unisys Corporation
obercfm -at- po4 -dot- pl -dot- unisys -dot- com
